What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40149 and 40159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40149 and 40159 is 1.

GCF(40149,40159) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40149 and 40159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40149 and 40159.

How to find the GCF of 40149 and 40159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40149 and 40159. After we will calculate the factors of 40149 and 40159 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 40159

Prime factors of 40159 are 7, 5737. Prime factorization of 40159 in exponential form is:

40159 = 7¹ × 5737¹

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 40159

List of positive integer factors of 40159 that divides 40149 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5737

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40149 and 40159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40149 and 40159 is 1.

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