What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40308 and 40328?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40308 and 40328 is 4.

GCF(40308,40328) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40308 and 40328, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40308 and 40328.

How to find the GCF of 40308 and 40328?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40308 and 40328. After we will calculate the factors of 40308 and 40328 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40328

Prime factors of 40328 are 2, 71. Prime factorization of 40328 in exponential form is:

40328 = 2³ × 71²

Step-3: Factors of 40308

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40328

List of positive integer factors of 40328 that divides 40308 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 71, 142, 284, 568, 5041, 10082, 20164

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40308 and 40328. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40308 and 40328 is 4.

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