What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40522 and 40528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40522 and 40528 is 2.

GCF(40522,40528) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40522 and 40528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40522 and 40528.

How to find the GCF of 40522 and 40528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40522 and 40528. After we will calculate the factors of 40522 and 40528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40522

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

40522 = 2¹ × 20261¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40528

Prime factors of 40528 are 2, 17, 149. Prime factorization of 40528 in exponential form is:

40528 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 40522

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

1, 2, 20261

Step-4: Factors of 40528

List of positive integer factors of 40528 that divides 40522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 149, 272, 298, 596, 1192, 2384, 2533, 5066, 10132, 20264

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40522 and 40528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40522 and 40528 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40522 and 40528