What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40309 and 40324?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40309 and 40324 is 1.

GCF(40309,40324) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40309 and 40324, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40309 and 40324.

How to find the GCF of 40309 and 40324?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40309 and 40324. After we will calculate the factors of 40309 and 40324 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40309

Prime factors of 40309 are 173, 233. Prime factorization of 40309 in exponential form is:

40309 = 173¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40324

Prime factors of 40324 are 2, 17, 593. Prime factorization of 40324 in exponential form is:

40324 = 2² × 17¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 40309

List of positive integer factors of 40309 that divides 40309 without a remainder.

1, 173, 233

Step-4: Factors of 40324

List of positive integer factors of 40324 that divides 40309 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 593, 1186, 2372, 10081, 20162

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40309 and 40324. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40309 and 40324 is 1.

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