What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40116 and 40124?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40116 and 40124 is 4.

GCF(40116,40124) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40116 and 40124, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40116 and 40124.

How to find the GCF of 40116 and 40124?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40116 and 40124. After we will calculate the factors of 40116 and 40124 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40116

Prime factors of 40116 are 2, 3, 3343. Prime factorization of 40116 in exponential form is:

40116 = 2² × 3¹ × 3343¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40124

Prime factors of 40124 are 2, 7, 1433. Prime factorization of 40124 in exponential form is:

40124 = 2² × 7¹ × 1433¹

Step-3: Factors of 40116

List of positive integer factors of 40116 that divides 40116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3343, 6686, 10029, 13372, 20058

Step-4: Factors of 40124

List of positive integer factors of 40124 that divides 40116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1433, 2866, 5732, 10031, 20062

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40116 and 40124. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40116 and 40124 is 4.

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