What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40059 and 40065?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40059 and 40065 is 3.

GCF(40059,40065) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40059 and 40065, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40059 and 40065.

How to find the GCF of 40059 and 40065?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40059 and 40065. After we will calculate the factors of 40059 and 40065 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40059

Prime factors of 40059 are 3, 4451. Prime factorization of 40059 in exponential form is:

40059 = 3² × 4451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40065

Prime factors of 40065 are 3, 5, 2671. Prime factorization of 40065 in exponential form is:

40065 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2671¹

Step-3: Factors of 40059

List of positive integer factors of 40059 that divides 40059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4451, 13353

Step-4: Factors of 40065

List of positive integer factors of 40065 that divides 40059 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2671, 8013, 13355

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40059 and 40065. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40059 and 40065 is 3.

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