What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39993 and 39997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39993 and 39997 is 1.

GCF(39993,39997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39993 and 39997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39993 and 39997.

How to find the GCF of 39993 and 39997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39993 and 39997. After we will calculate the factors of 39993 and 39997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39993

Prime factors of 39993 are 3, 13331. Prime factorization of 39993 in exponential form is:

39993 = 3¹ × 13331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 39997

Prime factors of 39997 are 23, 37, 47. Prime factorization of 39997 in exponential form is:

39997 = 23¹ × 37¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 39993

List of positive integer factors of 39993 that divides 39993 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13331

Step-4: Factors of 39997

List of positive integer factors of 39997 that divides 39993 without a remainder.

1, 23, 37, 47, 851, 1081, 1739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39993 and 39997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39993 and 39997 is 1.

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