What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40238 and 40250?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40238 and 40250 is 2.

GCF(40238,40250) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40238 and 40250, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40238 and 40250.

How to find the GCF of 40238 and 40250?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40238 and 40250. After we will calculate the factors of 40238 and 40250 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 40250

Prime factors of 40250 are 2, 5, 7, 23. Prime factorization of 40250 in exponential form is:

40250 = 2¹ × 5³ × 7¹ × 23¹

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 40250

List of positive integer factors of 40250 that divides 40238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 23, 25, 35, 46, 50, 70, 115, 125, 161, 175, 230, 250, 322, 350, 575, 805, 875, 1150, 1610, 1750, 2875, 4025, 5750, 8050, 20125

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40238 and 40250. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40238 and 40250 is 2.

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