What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40198 and 40203?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40198 and 40203 is 1.

GCF(40198,40203) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40198 and 40203, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40198 and 40203.

How to find the GCF of 40198 and 40203?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40198 and 40203. After we will calculate the factors of 40198 and 40203 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40198

Prime factors of 40198 are 2, 101, 199. Prime factorization of 40198 in exponential form is:

40198 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40203

Prime factors of 40203 are 3, 1489. Prime factorization of 40203 in exponential form is:

40203 = 3³ × 1489¹

Step-3: Factors of 40198

List of positive integer factors of 40198 that divides 40198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 199, 202, 398, 20099

Step-4: Factors of 40203

List of positive integer factors of 40203 that divides 40198 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1489, 4467, 13401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40198 and 40203. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40198 and 40203 is 1.

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