What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40238 and 40247?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40238 and 40247 is 1.

GCF(40238,40247) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40238 and 40247, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40238 and 40247.

How to find the GCF of 40238 and 40247?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40238 and 40247. After we will calculate the factors of 40238 and 40247 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40238

Prime factors of 40238 are 2, 11, 31, 59. Prime factorization of 40238 in exponential form is:

40238 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 31¹ × 59¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40247

Prime factors of 40247 are 167, 241. Prime factorization of 40247 in exponential form is:

40247 = 167¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 40238

List of positive integer factors of 40238 that divides 40238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 31, 59, 62, 118, 341, 649, 682, 1298, 1829, 3658, 20119

Step-4: Factors of 40247

List of positive integer factors of 40247 that divides 40238 without a remainder.

1, 167, 241

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40238 and 40247. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40238 and 40247 is 1.

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