What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40416 and 40427?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40416 and 40427 is 1.

GCF(40416,40427) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40416 and 40427, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40416 and 40427.

How to find the GCF of 40416 and 40427?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40416 and 40427. After we will calculate the factors of 40416 and 40427 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40416

Prime factors of 40416 are 2, 3, 421. Prime factorization of 40416 in exponential form is:

40416 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40427

Prime factors of 40427 are 40427. Prime factorization of 40427 in exponential form is:

40427 = 40427¹

Step-3: Factors of 40416

List of positive integer factors of 40416 that divides 40416 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 421, 842, 1263, 1684, 2526, 3368, 5052, 6736, 10104, 13472, 20208

Step-4: Factors of 40427

List of positive integer factors of 40427 that divides 40416 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40416 and 40427. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40416 and 40427 is 1.

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