What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40240 and 40246?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40240 and 40246 is 2.

GCF(40240,40246) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40240 and 40246, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40240 and 40246.

How to find the GCF of 40240 and 40246?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40240 and 40246. After we will calculate the factors of 40240 and 40246 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40240

Prime factors of 40240 are 2, 5, 503. Prime factorization of 40240 in exponential form is:

40240 = 2⁴ × 5¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40246

Prime factors of 40246 are 2, 20123. Prime factorization of 40246 in exponential form is:

40246 = 2¹ × 20123¹

Step-3: Factors of 40240

List of positive integer factors of 40240 that divides 40240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 503, 1006, 2012, 2515, 4024, 5030, 8048, 10060, 20120

Step-4: Factors of 40246

List of positive integer factors of 40246 that divides 40240 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40240 and 40246. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40240 and 40246 is 2.

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