What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40492 and 40501?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40492 and 40501 is 1.

GCF(40492,40501) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40492 and 40501, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40492 and 40501.

How to find the GCF of 40492 and 40501?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40492 and 40501. After we will calculate the factors of 40492 and 40501 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40492

Prime factors of 40492 are 2, 53, 191. Prime factorization of 40492 in exponential form is:

40492 = 2² × 53¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40501

Prime factors of 40501 are 101, 401. Prime factorization of 40501 in exponential form is:

40501 = 101¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 40492

List of positive integer factors of 40492 that divides 40492 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 53, 106, 191, 212, 382, 764, 10123, 20246

Step-4: Factors of 40501

List of positive integer factors of 40501 that divides 40492 without a remainder.

1, 101, 401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40492 and 40501. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40492 and 40501 is 1.

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