What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40012 and 40028?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40012 and 40028 is 4.

GCF(40012,40028) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40012 and 40028, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40012 and 40028.

How to find the GCF of 40012 and 40028?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40012 and 40028. After we will calculate the factors of 40012 and 40028 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40012

Prime factors of 40012 are 2, 7, 1429. Prime factorization of 40012 in exponential form is:

40012 = 2² × 7¹ × 1429¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40028

Prime factors of 40028 are 2, 10007. Prime factorization of 40028 in exponential form is:

40028 = 2² × 10007¹

Step-3: Factors of 40012

List of positive integer factors of 40012 that divides 40012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1429, 2858, 5716, 10003, 20006

Step-4: Factors of 40028

List of positive integer factors of 40028 that divides 40012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10007, 20014

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40012 and 40028. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40012 and 40028 is 4.

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