What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40245 and 40251?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40245 and 40251 is 3.

GCF(40245,40251) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40245 and 40251, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40245 and 40251.

How to find the GCF of 40245 and 40251?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40245 and 40251. After we will calculate the factors of 40245 and 40251 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40245

Prime factors of 40245 are 3, 5, 2683. Prime factorization of 40245 in exponential form is:

40245 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2683¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40251

Prime factors of 40251 are 3, 13417. Prime factorization of 40251 in exponential form is:

40251 = 3¹ × 13417¹

Step-3: Factors of 40245

List of positive integer factors of 40245 that divides 40245 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2683, 8049, 13415

Step-4: Factors of 40251

List of positive integer factors of 40251 that divides 40245 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13417

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40245 and 40251. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40245 and 40251 is 3.

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