What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40531 and 40545?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40531 and 40545 is 1.

GCF(40531,40545) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40531 and 40545, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40531 and 40545.

How to find the GCF of 40531 and 40545?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40531 and 40545. After we will calculate the factors of 40531 and 40545 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40531

Prime factors of 40531 are 40531. Prime factorization of 40531 in exponential form is:

40531 = 40531¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40545

Prime factors of 40545 are 3, 5, 17, 53. Prime factorization of 40545 in exponential form is:

40545 = 3² × 5¹ × 17¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 40531

List of positive integer factors of 40531 that divides 40531 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 40545

List of positive integer factors of 40545 that divides 40531 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 17, 45, 51, 53, 85, 153, 159, 255, 265, 477, 765, 795, 901, 2385, 2703, 4505, 8109, 13515

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40531 and 40545. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40531 and 40545 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40531 and 40545