What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40491 and 40511?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40491 and 40511 is 1.

GCF(40491,40511) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40491 and 40511, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40491 and 40511.

How to find the GCF of 40491 and 40511?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40491 and 40511. After we will calculate the factors of 40491 and 40511 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40511

Prime factors of 40511 are 17, 2383. Prime factorization of 40511 in exponential form is:

40511 = 17¹ × 2383¹

Step-3: Factors of 40491

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40511

List of positive integer factors of 40511 that divides 40491 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2383

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40491 and 40511. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40491 and 40511 is 1.

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