What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40527 and 40542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40527 and 40542 is 3.

GCF(40527,40542) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40527 and 40542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40527 and 40542.

How to find the GCF of 40527 and 40542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40527 and 40542. After we will calculate the factors of 40527 and 40542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40542

Prime factors of 40542 are 2, 3, 29, 233. Prime factorization of 40542 in exponential form is:

40542 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 40527

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40542

List of positive integer factors of 40542 that divides 40527 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 233, 466, 699, 1398, 6757, 13514, 20271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40527 and 40542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40527 and 40542 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40527 and 40542