What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40056 and 40061?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40056 and 40061 is 1.

GCF(40056,40061) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40056 and 40061, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40056 and 40061.

How to find the GCF of 40056 and 40061?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40056 and 40061. After we will calculate the factors of 40056 and 40061 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40056

Prime factors of 40056 are 2, 3, 1669. Prime factorization of 40056 in exponential form is:

40056 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1669¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40061

Prime factors of 40061 are 7, 59, 97. Prime factorization of 40061 in exponential form is:

40061 = 7¹ × 59¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 40056

List of positive integer factors of 40056 that divides 40056 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1669, 3338, 5007, 6676, 10014, 13352, 20028

Step-4: Factors of 40061

List of positive integer factors of 40061 that divides 40056 without a remainder.

1, 7, 59, 97, 413, 679, 5723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40056 and 40061. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40056 and 40061 is 1.

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