What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40391 and 40396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40391 and 40396 is 1.

GCF(40391,40396) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40391 and 40396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40391 and 40396.

How to find the GCF of 40391 and 40396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40391 and 40396. After we will calculate the factors of 40391 and 40396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40391

Prime factors of 40391 are 13, 239. Prime factorization of 40391 in exponential form is:

40391 = 13² × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40396

Prime factors of 40396 are 2, 10099. Prime factorization of 40396 in exponential form is:

40396 = 2² × 10099¹

Step-3: Factors of 40391

List of positive integer factors of 40391 that divides 40391 without a remainder.

1, 13, 169, 239, 3107

Step-4: Factors of 40396

List of positive integer factors of 40396 that divides 40391 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10099, 20198

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40391 and 40396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40391 and 40396 is 1.

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