What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40420 and 40429?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40420 and 40429 is 1.

GCF(40420,40429) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40420 and 40429, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40420 and 40429.

How to find the GCF of 40420 and 40429?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40420 and 40429. After we will calculate the factors of 40420 and 40429 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40420

Prime factors of 40420 are 2, 5, 43, 47. Prime factorization of 40420 in exponential form is:

40420 = 2² × 5¹ × 43¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40429

Prime factors of 40429 are 40429. Prime factorization of 40429 in exponential form is:

40429 = 40429¹

Step-3: Factors of 40420

List of positive integer factors of 40420 that divides 40420 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 43, 47, 86, 94, 172, 188, 215, 235, 430, 470, 860, 940, 2021, 4042, 8084, 10105, 20210

Step-4: Factors of 40429

List of positive integer factors of 40429 that divides 40420 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40420 and 40429. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40420 and 40429 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40420 and 40429