What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40486 and 40498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40486 and 40498 is 2.

GCF(40486,40498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40486 and 40498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40486 and 40498.

How to find the GCF of 40486 and 40498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40486 and 40498. After we will calculate the factors of 40486 and 40498 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 40498

Prime factors of 40498 are 2, 20249. Prime factorization of 40498 in exponential form is:

40498 = 2¹ × 20249¹

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 40498

List of positive integer factors of 40498 that divides 40486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20249

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40486 and 40498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40486 and 40498 is 2.

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