What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40182 and 40186?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40182 and 40186 is 2.

GCF(40182,40186) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40182 and 40186, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40182 and 40186.

How to find the GCF of 40182 and 40186?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40182 and 40186. After we will calculate the factors of 40182 and 40186 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40182

Prime factors of 40182 are 2, 3, 37, 181. Prime factorization of 40182 in exponential form is:

40182 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 37¹ × 181¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40186

Prime factors of 40186 are 2, 71, 283. Prime factorization of 40186 in exponential form is:

40186 = 2¹ × 71¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 40182

List of positive integer factors of 40182 that divides 40182 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 37, 74, 111, 181, 222, 362, 543, 1086, 6697, 13394, 20091

Step-4: Factors of 40186

List of positive integer factors of 40186 that divides 40182 without a remainder.

1, 2, 71, 142, 283, 566, 20093

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40182 and 40186. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40182 and 40186 is 2.

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