What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40299 and 40311?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40299 and 40311 is 3.

GCF(40299,40311) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40299 and 40311, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40299 and 40311.

How to find the GCF of 40299 and 40311?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40299 and 40311. After we will calculate the factors of 40299 and 40311 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40299

Prime factors of 40299 are 3, 7, 19, 101. Prime factorization of 40299 in exponential form is:

40299 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 19¹ × 101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40311

Prime factors of 40311 are 3, 1493. Prime factorization of 40311 in exponential form is:

40311 = 3³ × 1493¹

Step-3: Factors of 40299

List of positive integer factors of 40299 that divides 40299 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 19, 21, 57, 101, 133, 303, 399, 707, 1919, 2121, 5757, 13433

Step-4: Factors of 40311

List of positive integer factors of 40311 that divides 40299 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1493, 4479, 13437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40299 and 40311. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40299 and 40311 is 3.

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