What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40515 and 40522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40515 and 40522 is 1.

GCF(40515,40522) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40515 and 40522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40515 and 40522.

How to find the GCF of 40515 and 40522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40515 and 40522. After we will calculate the factors of 40515 and 40522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40515

Prime factors of 40515 are 3, 5, 37, 73. Prime factorization of 40515 in exponential form is:

40515 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 37¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40522

Prime factors of 40522 are 2, 20261. Prime factorization of 40522 in exponential form is:

40522 = 2¹ × 20261¹

Step-3: Factors of 40515

List of positive integer factors of 40515 that divides 40515 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 37, 73, 111, 185, 219, 365, 555, 1095, 2701, 8103, 13505

Step-4: Factors of 40522

List of positive integer factors of 40522 that divides 40515 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20261

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40515 and 40522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40515 and 40522 is 1.

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