What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40298 and 40303?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40298 and 40303 is 1.

GCF(40298,40303) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40298 and 40303, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40298 and 40303.

How to find the GCF of 40298 and 40303?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40298 and 40303. After we will calculate the factors of 40298 and 40303 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40298

Prime factors of 40298 are 2, 20149. Prime factorization of 40298 in exponential form is:

40298 = 2¹ × 20149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40303

Prime factors of 40303 are 41, 983. Prime factorization of 40303 in exponential form is:

40303 = 41¹ × 983¹

Step-3: Factors of 40298

List of positive integer factors of 40298 that divides 40298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20149

Step-4: Factors of 40303

List of positive integer factors of 40303 that divides 40298 without a remainder.

1, 41, 983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40298 and 40303. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40298 and 40303 is 1.

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