What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40161 and 40179?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40161 and 40179 is 3.

GCF(40161,40179) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40161 and 40179, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40161 and 40179.

How to find the GCF of 40161 and 40179?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40161 and 40179. After we will calculate the factors of 40161 and 40179 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40161

Prime factors of 40161 are 3, 11, 1217. Prime factorization of 40161 in exponential form is:

40161 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1217¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40179

Prime factors of 40179 are 3, 59, 227. Prime factorization of 40179 in exponential form is:

40179 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 40161

List of positive integer factors of 40161 that divides 40161 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1217, 3651, 13387

Step-4: Factors of 40179

List of positive integer factors of 40179 that divides 40161 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 227, 681, 13393

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40161 and 40179. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40161 and 40179 is 3.

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