What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 180?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40 and 180 is 20.

GCF(40,180) = 20

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40 and 180, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40 and 180.

How to find the GCF of 40 and 180?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40 and 180. After we will calculate the factors of 40 and 180 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40

Prime factors of 40 are 2, 5. Prime factorization of 40 in exponential form is:

40 = 2³ × 5¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 180

Prime factors of 180 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 180 in exponential form is:

180 = 2² × 3² × 5¹

Step-3: Factors of 40

List of positive integer factors of 40 that divides 40 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20

Step-4: Factors of 180

List of positive integer factors of 180 that divides 40 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 30, 36, 45, 60, 90

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40 and 180. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40 and 180 is 20.

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