What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40486 and 40491?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40486 and 40491 is 1.

GCF(40486,40491) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40486 and 40491, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40486 and 40491.

How to find the GCF of 40486 and 40491?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40486 and 40491. After we will calculate the factors of 40486 and 40491 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40491

Prime factors of 40491 are 3, 11, 409. Prime factorization of 40491 in exponential form is:

40491 = 3² × 11¹ × 409¹

Step-3: Factors of 40486

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40491

List of positive integer factors of 40491 that divides 40486 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 409, 1227, 3681, 4499, 13497

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40486 and 40491. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40486 and 40491 is 1.

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