What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40521 and 40527?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40521 and 40527 is 3.

GCF(40521,40527) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40521 and 40527, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40521 and 40527.

How to find the GCF of 40521 and 40527?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40521 and 40527. After we will calculate the factors of 40521 and 40527 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40521

Prime factors of 40521 are 3, 13, 1039. Prime factorization of 40521 in exponential form is:

40521 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1039¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40527

Prime factors of 40527 are 3, 19, 79. Prime factorization of 40527 in exponential form is:

40527 = 3³ × 19¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 40521

List of positive integer factors of 40521 that divides 40521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1039, 3117, 13507

Step-4: Factors of 40527

List of positive integer factors of 40527 that divides 40521 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 27, 57, 79, 171, 237, 513, 711, 1501, 2133, 4503, 13509

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40521 and 40527. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40521 and 40527 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40521 and 40527