What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40054 and 40058?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40054 and 40058 is 2.

GCF(40054,40058) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40054 and 40058, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40054 and 40058.

How to find the GCF of 40054 and 40058?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40054 and 40058. After we will calculate the factors of 40054 and 40058 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40054

Prime factors of 40054 are 2, 7, 2861. Prime factorization of 40054 in exponential form is:

40054 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40058

Prime factors of 40058 are 2, 20029. Prime factorization of 40058 in exponential form is:

40058 = 2¹ × 20029¹

Step-3: Factors of 40054

List of positive integer factors of 40054 that divides 40054 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2861, 5722, 20027

Step-4: Factors of 40058

List of positive integer factors of 40058 that divides 40054 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20029

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40054 and 40058. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40054 and 40058 is 2.

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