What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40258 and 40270?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40258 and 40270 is 2.

GCF(40258,40270) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40258 and 40270, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40258 and 40270.

How to find the GCF of 40258 and 40270?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40258 and 40270. After we will calculate the factors of 40258 and 40270 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40258

Prime factors of 40258 are 2, 20129. Prime factorization of 40258 in exponential form is:

40258 = 2¹ × 20129¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40270

Prime factors of 40270 are 2, 5, 4027. Prime factorization of 40270 in exponential form is:

40270 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4027¹

Step-3: Factors of 40258

List of positive integer factors of 40258 that divides 40258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20129

Step-4: Factors of 40270

List of positive integer factors of 40270 that divides 40258 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4027, 8054, 20135

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40258 and 40270. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40258 and 40270 is 2.

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