What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40288 and 40294?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40288 and 40294 is 2.

GCF(40288,40294) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40288 and 40294, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40288 and 40294.

How to find the GCF of 40288 and 40294?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40288 and 40294. After we will calculate the factors of 40288 and 40294 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40288

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

40288 = 2⁵ × 1259¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40294

Prime factors of 40294 are 2, 20147. Prime factorization of 40294 in exponential form is:

40294 = 2¹ × 20147¹

Step-3: Factors of 40288

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40294

List of positive integer factors of 40294 that divides 40288 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20147

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40288 and 40294. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40288 and 40294 is 2.

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