What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40342 and 40352?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40342 and 40352 is 2.

GCF(40342,40352) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40342 and 40352, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40342 and 40352.

How to find the GCF of 40342 and 40352?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40342 and 40352. After we will calculate the factors of 40342 and 40352 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 40352

Prime factors of 40352 are 2, 13, 97. Prime factorization of 40352 in exponential form is:

40352 = 2⁵ × 13¹ × 97¹

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 40352

List of positive integer factors of 40352 that divides 40342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 32, 52, 97, 104, 194, 208, 388, 416, 776, 1261, 1552, 2522, 3104, 5044, 10088, 20176

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40342 and 40352. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40342 and 40352 is 2.

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