What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40530 and 40542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40530 and 40542 is 6.

GCF(40530,40542) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40530 and 40542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40530 and 40542.

How to find the GCF of 40530 and 40542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40530 and 40542. After we will calculate the factors of 40530 and 40542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40530

Prime factors of 40530 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 193. Prime factorization of 40530 in exponential form is:

40530 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 193¹

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 40530

List of positive integer factors of 40530 that divides 40530 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, 14, 15, 21, 30, 35, 42, 70, 105, 193, 210, 386, 579, 965, 1158, 1351, 1930, 2702, 2895, 4053, 5790, 6755, 8106, 13510, 20265

Step-4: Factors of 40542

List of positive integer factors of 40542 that divides 40530 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 40530 and 40542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40530 and 40542 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40530 and 40542