What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40290 and 40307?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40290 and 40307 is 17.

GCF(40290,40307) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40290 and 40307, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40290 and 40307.

How to find the GCF of 40290 and 40307?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40290 and 40307. After we will calculate the factors of 40290 and 40307 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40290

Prime factors of 40290 are 2, 3, 5, 17, 79. Prime factorization of 40290 in exponential form is:

40290 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40307

Prime factors of 40307 are 17, 2371. Prime factorization of 40307 in exponential form is:

40307 = 17¹ × 2371¹

Step-3: Factors of 40290

List of positive integer factors of 40290 that divides 40290 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 17, 30, 34, 51, 79, 85, 102, 158, 170, 237, 255, 395, 474, 510, 790, 1185, 1343, 2370, 2686, 4029, 6715, 8058, 13430, 20145

Step-4: Factors of 40307

List of positive integer factors of 40307 that divides 40290 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40290 and 40307. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40290 and 40307 is 17.

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