What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40281 and 40288?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40281 and 40288 is 1.

GCF(40281,40288) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40281 and 40288, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40281 and 40288.

How to find the GCF of 40281 and 40288?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40281 and 40288. After we will calculate the factors of 40281 and 40288 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40281

Prime factors of 40281 are 3, 29, 463. Prime factorization of 40281 in exponential form is:

40281 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 463¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40288

Prime factors of 40288 are 2, 1259. Prime factorization of 40288 in exponential form is:

40288 = 2⁵ × 1259¹

Step-3: Factors of 40281

List of positive integer factors of 40281 that divides 40281 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 463, 1389, 13427

Step-4: Factors of 40288

List of positive integer factors of 40288 that divides 40281 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1259, 2518, 5036, 10072, 20144

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40281 and 40288. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40281 and 40288 is 1.

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