What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40324 and 40331?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40324 and 40331 is 1.

GCF(40324,40331) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40324 and 40331, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40324 and 40331.

How to find the GCF of 40324 and 40331?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40324 and 40331. After we will calculate the factors of 40324 and 40331 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40331

Prime factors of 40331 are 31, 1301. Prime factorization of 40331 in exponential form is:

40331 = 31¹ × 1301¹

Step-3: Factors of 40324

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40331

List of positive integer factors of 40331 that divides 40324 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40324 and 40331. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40324 and 40331 is 1.

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