What is the least common factor of 37 and 38?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 37 and 38?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 37 and 38.

Factors of 37 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 37. Likewise, factors of 38 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 38.

The factors of 37 are 1 and 37.

The factors 38 are 1, 2, 19, and 38.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 37 and 38?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 37 and 38 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 37 and 38, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 37 and 38, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 37 and 38. The greatest factor 37 and 38 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 37 and 38, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 37 and 38 is 1406.

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