What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40118 and 40122?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40118 and 40122 is 2.

GCF(40118,40122) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40118 and 40122, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40118 and 40122.

How to find the GCF of 40118 and 40122?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40118 and 40122. After we will calculate the factors of 40118 and 40122 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40118

Prime factors of 40118 are 2, 13, 1543. Prime factorization of 40118 in exponential form is:

40118 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40122

Prime factors of 40122 are 2, 3, 743. Prime factorization of 40122 in exponential form is:

40122 = 2¹ × 3³ × 743¹

Step-3: Factors of 40118

List of positive integer factors of 40118 that divides 40118 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1543, 3086, 20059

Step-4: Factors of 40122

List of positive integer factors of 40122 that divides 40118 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 743, 1486, 2229, 4458, 6687, 13374, 20061

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40118 and 40122. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40118 and 40122 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40118 and 40122