What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40196 and 40206?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40196 and 40206 is 2.

GCF(40196,40206) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40196 and 40206, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40196 and 40206.

How to find the GCF of 40196 and 40206?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40196 and 40206. After we will calculate the factors of 40196 and 40206 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40196

Prime factors of 40196 are 2, 13, 773. Prime factorization of 40196 in exponential form is:

40196 = 2² × 13¹ × 773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40206

Prime factors of 40206 are 2, 3, 6701. Prime factorization of 40206 in exponential form is:

40206 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6701¹

Step-3: Factors of 40196

List of positive integer factors of 40196 that divides 40196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 773, 1546, 3092, 10049, 20098

Step-4: Factors of 40206

List of positive integer factors of 40206 that divides 40196 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6701, 13402, 20103

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40196 and 40206. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40196 and 40206 is 2.

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