What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40255 and 40260?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40255 and 40260 is 5.

GCF(40255,40260) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40255 and 40260, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40255 and 40260.

How to find the GCF of 40255 and 40260?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40255 and 40260. After we will calculate the factors of 40255 and 40260 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40255

Prime factors of 40255 are 5, 83, 97. Prime factorization of 40255 in exponential form is:

40255 = 5¹ × 83¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40260

Prime factors of 40260 are 2, 3, 5, 11, 61. Prime factorization of 40260 in exponential form is:

40260 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 11¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 40255

List of positive integer factors of 40255 that divides 40255 without a remainder.

1, 5, 83, 97, 415, 485, 8051

Step-4: Factors of 40260

List of positive integer factors of 40260 that divides 40255 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 20, 22, 30, 33, 44, 55, 60, 61, 66, 110, 122, 132, 165, 183, 220, 244, 305, 330, 366, 610, 660, 671, 732, 915, 1220, 1342, 1830, 2013, 2684, 3355, 3660, 4026, 6710, 8052, 10065, 13420, 20130

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40255 and 40260. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40255 and 40260 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40255 and 40260