What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39971 and 39981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39971 and 39981 is 1.

GCF(39971,39981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39971 and 39981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39971 and 39981.

How to find the GCF of 39971 and 39981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39971 and 39981. After we will calculate the factors of 39971 and 39981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39971

Prime factors of 39971 are 39971. Prime factorization of 39971 in exponential form is:

39971 = 39971¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39981

Prime factors of 39981 are 3, 13327. Prime factorization of 39981 in exponential form is:

39981 = 3¹ × 13327¹

Step-3: Factors of 39971

List of positive integer factors of 39971 that divides 39971 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 39981

List of positive integer factors of 39981 that divides 39971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13327

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39971 and 39981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39971 and 39981 is 1.

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