What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40256 and 40268?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40256 and 40268 is 4.

GCF(40256,40268) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40256 and 40268, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40256 and 40268.

How to find the GCF of 40256 and 40268?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40256 and 40268. After we will calculate the factors of 40256 and 40268 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40256

Prime factors of 40256 are 2, 17, 37. Prime factorization of 40256 in exponential form is:

40256 = 2⁶ × 17¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40268

Prime factors of 40268 are 2, 10067. Prime factorization of 40268 in exponential form is:

40268 = 2² × 10067¹

Step-3: Factors of 40256

List of positive integer factors of 40256 that divides 40256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 32, 34, 37, 64, 68, 74, 136, 148, 272, 296, 544, 592, 629, 1088, 1184, 1258, 2368, 2516, 5032, 10064, 20128

Step-4: Factors of 40268

List of positive integer factors of 40268 that divides 40256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10067, 20134

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40256 and 40268. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40256 and 40268 is 4.

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