What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40512 and 40524?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40512 and 40524 is 12.

GCF(40512,40524) = 12

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40512 and 40524, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40512 and 40524.

How to find the GCF of 40512 and 40524?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40512 and 40524. After we will calculate the factors of 40512 and 40524 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40512

Prime factors of 40512 are 2, 3, 211. Prime factorization of 40512 in exponential form is:

40512 = 2⁶ × 3¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40524

Prime factors of 40524 are 2, 3, 11, 307. Prime factorization of 40524 in exponential form is:

40524 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 40512

List of positive integer factors of 40512 that divides 40512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 192, 211, 422, 633, 844, 1266, 1688, 2532, 3376, 5064, 6752, 10128, 13504, 20256

Step-4: Factors of 40524

List of positive integer factors of 40524 that divides 40512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 307, 614, 921, 1228, 1842, 3377, 3684, 6754, 10131, 13508, 20262

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40512 and 40524. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40512 and 40524 is 12.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40512 and 40524