What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40212 and 40220?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40212 and 40220 is 4.

GCF(40212,40220) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40212 and 40220, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40212 and 40220.

How to find the GCF of 40212 and 40220?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40212 and 40220. After we will calculate the factors of 40212 and 40220 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40220

Prime factors of 40220 are 2, 5, 2011. Prime factorization of 40220 in exponential form is:

40220 = 2² × 5¹ × 2011¹

Step-3: Factors of 40212

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40220

List of positive integer factors of 40220 that divides 40212 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2011, 4022, 8044, 10055, 20110

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40212 and 40220. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40212 and 40220 is 4.

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