What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40323 and 40342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40323 and 40342 is 1.

GCF(40323,40342) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40323 and 40342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40323 and 40342.

How to find the GCF of 40323 and 40342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40323 and 40342. After we will calculate the factors of 40323 and 40342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40323

Prime factors of 40323 are 3, 13441. Prime factorization of 40323 in exponential form is:

40323 = 3¹ × 13441¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40342

Prime factors of 40342 are 2, 23, 877. Prime factorization of 40342 in exponential form is:

40342 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 877¹

Step-3: Factors of 40323

List of positive integer factors of 40323 that divides 40323 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13441

Step-4: Factors of 40342

List of positive integer factors of 40342 that divides 40323 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 877, 1754, 20171

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40323 and 40342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40323 and 40342 is 1.

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