What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40512 and 40532?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40512 and 40532 is 4.

GCF(40512,40532) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40512 and 40532, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40512 and 40532.

How to find the GCF of 40512 and 40532?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40512 and 40532. After we will calculate the factors of 40512 and 40532 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 40532

Prime factors of 40532 are 2, 10133. Prime factorization of 40532 in exponential form is:

40532 = 2² × 10133¹

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 40532

List of positive integer factors of 40532 that divides 40512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10133, 20266

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40512 and 40532. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40512 and 40532 is 4.

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