What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40149 and 40157?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40149 and 40157 is 1.

GCF(40149,40157) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40149 and 40157, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40149 and 40157.

How to find the GCF of 40149 and 40157?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40149 and 40157. After we will calculate the factors of 40149 and 40157 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40149

Prime factors of 40149 are 3, 1487. Prime factorization of 40149 in exponential form is:

40149 = 3³ × 1487¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40157

Prime factors of 40157 are 13, 3089. Prime factorization of 40157 in exponential form is:

40157 = 13¹ × 3089¹

Step-3: Factors of 40149

List of positive integer factors of 40149 that divides 40149 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1487, 4461, 13383

Step-4: Factors of 40157

List of positive integer factors of 40157 that divides 40149 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40149 and 40157. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40149 and 40157 is 1.

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