What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40304 and 40308?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40304 and 40308 is 4.

GCF(40304,40308) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40304 and 40308, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40304 and 40308.

How to find the GCF of 40304 and 40308?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40304 and 40308. After we will calculate the factors of 40304 and 40308 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40304

Prime factors of 40304 are 2, 11, 229. Prime factorization of 40304 in exponential form is:

40304 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40308

Prime factors of 40308 are 2, 3, 3359. Prime factorization of 40308 in exponential form is:

40308 = 2² × 3¹ × 3359¹

Step-3: Factors of 40304

List of positive integer factors of 40304 that divides 40304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 229, 458, 916, 1832, 2519, 3664, 5038, 10076, 20152

Step-4: Factors of 40308

List of positive integer factors of 40308 that divides 40304 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3359, 6718, 10077, 13436, 20154

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40304 and 40308. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40304 and 40308 is 4.

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