What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40269 and 40284?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40269 and 40284 is 3.

GCF(40269,40284) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40269 and 40284, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40269 and 40284.

How to find the GCF of 40269 and 40284?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40269 and 40284. After we will calculate the factors of 40269 and 40284 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40269

Prime factors of 40269 are 3, 31, 433. Prime factorization of 40269 in exponential form is:

40269 = 3¹ × 31¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40284

Prime factors of 40284 are 2, 3, 373. Prime factorization of 40284 in exponential form is:

40284 = 2² × 3³ × 373¹

Step-3: Factors of 40269

List of positive integer factors of 40269 that divides 40269 without a remainder.

1, 3, 31, 93, 433, 1299, 13423

Step-4: Factors of 40284

List of positive integer factors of 40284 that divides 40269 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 373, 746, 1119, 1492, 2238, 3357, 4476, 6714, 10071, 13428, 20142

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40269 and 40284. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40269 and 40284 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40269 and 40284