What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40478 and 40493?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40478 and 40493 is 1.

GCF(40478,40493) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40478 and 40493, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40478 and 40493.

How to find the GCF of 40478 and 40493?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40478 and 40493. After we will calculate the factors of 40478 and 40493 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40478

Prime factors of 40478 are 2, 37, 547. Prime factorization of 40478 in exponential form is:

40478 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40493

Prime factors of 40493 are 40493. Prime factorization of 40493 in exponential form is:

40493 = 40493¹

Step-3: Factors of 40478

List of positive integer factors of 40478 that divides 40478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 547, 1094, 20239

Step-4: Factors of 40493

List of positive integer factors of 40493 that divides 40478 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40478 and 40493. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40478 and 40493 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40478 and 40493