What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40304 and 40321?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40304 and 40321 is 1.

GCF(40304,40321) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40304 and 40321, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40304 and 40321.

How to find the GCF of 40304 and 40321?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40304 and 40321. After we will calculate the factors of 40304 and 40321 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 40321

Prime factors of 40321 are 61, 661. Prime factorization of 40321 in exponential form is:

40321 = 61¹ × 661¹

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 40321

List of positive integer factors of 40321 that divides 40304 without a remainder.

1, 61, 661

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40304 and 40321. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40304 and 40321 is 1.

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