What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40486 and 40497?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40486 and 40497 is 1.

GCF(40486,40497) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40486 and 40497, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40486 and 40497.

How to find the GCF of 40486 and 40497?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40486 and 40497. After we will calculate the factors of 40486 and 40497 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 40497

Prime factors of 40497 are 3, 13499. Prime factorization of 40497 in exponential form is:

40497 = 3¹ × 13499¹

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 40497

List of positive integer factors of 40497 that divides 40486 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40486 and 40497. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40486 and 40497 is 1.

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