What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40242 and 40261?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40242 and 40261 is 19.

GCF(40242,40261) = 19

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40242 and 40261, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40242 and 40261.

How to find the GCF of 40242 and 40261?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40242 and 40261. After we will calculate the factors of 40242 and 40261 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40242

Prime factors of 40242 are 2, 3, 19, 353. Prime factorization of 40242 in exponential form is:

40242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40261

Prime factors of 40261 are 13, 19, 163. Prime factorization of 40261 in exponential form is:

40261 = 13¹ × 19¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 40242

List of positive integer factors of 40242 that divides 40242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 353, 706, 1059, 2118, 6707, 13414, 20121

Step-4: Factors of 40261

List of positive integer factors of 40261 that divides 40242 without a remainder.

1, 13, 19, 163, 247, 2119, 3097

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40242 and 40261. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40242 and 40261 is 19.

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