What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40328 and 40342?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40328 and 40342 is 2.

GCF(40328,40342) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40328 and 40342, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40328 and 40342.

How to find the GCF of 40328 and 40342?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40328 and 40342. After we will calculate the factors of 40328 and 40342 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40328

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

40328 = 2³ × 71²

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 40328

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40342

List of positive integer factors of 40342 that divides 40328 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40328 and 40342. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40328 and 40342 is 2.

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