What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40500 and 40517?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40500 and 40517 is 1.

GCF(40500,40517) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40500 and 40517, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40500 and 40517.

How to find the GCF of 40500 and 40517?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40500 and 40517. After we will calculate the factors of 40500 and 40517 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40500

Prime factors of 40500 are 2, 3, 5. Prime factorization of 40500 in exponential form is:

40500 = 2² × 3⁴ × 5³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40517

Prime factors of 40517 are 31, 1307. Prime factorization of 40517 in exponential form is:

40517 = 31¹ × 1307¹

Step-3: Factors of 40500

List of positive integer factors of 40500 that divides 40500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 12, 15, 18, 20, 25, 27, 30, 36, 45, 50, 54, 60, 75, 81, 90, 100, 108, 125, 135, 150, 162, 180, 225, 250, 270, 300, 324, 375, 405, 450, 500, 540, 675, 750, 810, 900, 1125, 1350, 1500, 1620, 2025, 2250, 2700, 3375, 4050, 4500, 6750, 8100, 10125, 13500, 20250

Step-4: Factors of 40517

List of positive integer factors of 40517 that divides 40500 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1307

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40500 and 40517. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40500 and 40517 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40500 and 40517