What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40138 and 40154?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40138 and 40154 is 2.

GCF(40138,40154) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40138 and 40154, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40138 and 40154.

How to find the GCF of 40138 and 40154?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40138 and 40154. After we will calculate the factors of 40138 and 40154 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40138

Prime factors of 40138 are 2, 7, 47, 61. Prime factorization of 40138 in exponential form is:

40138 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 47¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40154

Prime factors of 40154 are 2, 17, 1181. Prime factorization of 40154 in exponential form is:

40154 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1181¹

Step-3: Factors of 40138

List of positive integer factors of 40138 that divides 40138 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 47, 61, 94, 122, 329, 427, 658, 854, 2867, 5734, 20069

Step-4: Factors of 40154

List of positive integer factors of 40154 that divides 40138 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1181, 2362, 20077

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40138 and 40154. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40138 and 40154 is 2.

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