What is the Greatest Common Factor of 39998 and 40011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 39998 and 40011 is 1.

GCF(39998,40011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 39998 and 40011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 39998 and 40011.

How to find the GCF of 39998 and 40011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 39998 and 40011. After we will calculate the factors of 39998 and 40011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 39998

Prime factors of 39998 are 2, 7, 2857. Prime factorization of 39998 in exponential form is:

39998 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2857¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40011

Prime factors of 40011 are 3, 13337. Prime factorization of 40011 in exponential form is:

40011 = 3¹ × 13337¹

Step-3: Factors of 39998

List of positive integer factors of 39998 that divides 39998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2857, 5714, 19999

Step-4: Factors of 40011

List of positive integer factors of 40011 that divides 39998 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13337

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 39998 and 40011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 39998 and 40011 is 1.

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