What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40342 and 40347?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40342 and 40347 is 1.

GCF(40342,40347) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40342 and 40347, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40342 and 40347.

How to find the GCF of 40342 and 40347?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40342 and 40347. After we will calculate the factors of 40342 and 40347 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40347

Prime factors of 40347 are 3, 4483. Prime factorization of 40347 in exponential form is:

40347 = 3² × 4483¹

Step-3: Factors of 40342

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40347

List of positive integer factors of 40347 that divides 40342 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4483, 13449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40342 and 40347. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40342 and 40347 is 1.

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