What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40482 and 40486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40482 and 40486 is 2.

GCF(40482,40486) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40482 and 40486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40482 and 40486.

How to find the GCF of 40482 and 40486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40482 and 40486. After we will calculate the factors of 40482 and 40486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40482

Prime factors of 40482 are 2, 3, 13, 173. Prime factorization of 40482 in exponential form is:

40482 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40486

Prime factors of 40486 are 2, 31, 653. Prime factorization of 40486 in exponential form is:

40486 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 653¹

Step-3: Factors of 40482

List of positive integer factors of 40482 that divides 40482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 117, 173, 234, 346, 519, 1038, 1557, 2249, 3114, 4498, 6747, 13494, 20241

Step-4: Factors of 40486

List of positive integer factors of 40486 that divides 40482 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 653, 1306, 20243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40482 and 40486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40482 and 40486 is 2.

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