What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40006 and 40010?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40006 and 40010 is 2.

GCF(40006,40010) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40006 and 40010, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40006 and 40010.

How to find the GCF of 40006 and 40010?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40006 and 40010. After we will calculate the factors of 40006 and 40010 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40006

Prime factors of 40006 are 2, 83, 241. Prime factorization of 40006 in exponential form is:

40006 = 2¹ × 83¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40010

Prime factors of 40010 are 2, 5, 4001. Prime factorization of 40010 in exponential form is:

40010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4001¹

Step-3: Factors of 40006

List of positive integer factors of 40006 that divides 40006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 83, 166, 241, 482, 20003

Step-4: Factors of 40010

List of positive integer factors of 40010 that divides 40006 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4001, 8002, 20005

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40006 and 40010. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40006 and 40010 is 2.

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