What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39992 and 39997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39992 and 39997 is 1.

GCF(39992,39997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39992 and 39997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39992 and 39997.

How to find the GCF of 39992 and 39997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39992 and 39997. After we will calculate the factors of 39992 and 39997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39992

Prime factors of 39992 are 2, 4999. Prime factorization of 39992 in exponential form is:

39992 = 2³ × 4999¹

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 39992

List of positive integer factors of 39992 that divides 39992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 4999, 9998, 19996

Step-4: Factors of 39997

List of positive integer factors of 39997 that divides 39992 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39992 and 39997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39992 and 39997 is 1.

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