What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40159 and 40168?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40159 and 40168 is 1.

GCF(40159,40168) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40159 and 40168, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40159 and 40168.

How to find the GCF of 40159 and 40168?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40159 and 40168. After we will calculate the factors of 40159 and 40168 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40159

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

40159 = 7¹ × 5737¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40168

Prime factors of 40168 are 2, 5021. Prime factorization of 40168 in exponential form is:

40168 = 2³ × 5021¹

Step-3: Factors of 40159

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

1, 7, 5737

Step-4: Factors of 40168

List of positive integer factors of 40168 that divides 40159 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5021, 10042, 20084

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40159 and 40168. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40159 and 40168 is 1.

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