What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40205 and 40212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40205 and 40212 is 1.

GCF(40205,40212) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40205 and 40212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40205 and 40212.

How to find the GCF of 40205 and 40212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40205 and 40212. After we will calculate the factors of 40205 and 40212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40205

Prime factors of 40205 are 5, 11, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 40205 in exponential form is:

40205 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40212

Prime factors of 40212 are 2, 3, 1117. Prime factorization of 40212 in exponential form is:

40212 = 2² × 3² × 1117¹

Step-3: Factors of 40205

List of positive integer factors of 40205 that divides 40205 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 17, 43, 55, 85, 187, 215, 473, 731, 935, 2365, 3655, 8041

Step-4: Factors of 40212

List of positive integer factors of 40212 that divides 40205 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1117, 2234, 3351, 4468, 6702, 10053, 13404, 20106

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40205 and 40212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40205 and 40212 is 1.

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