What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40536 and 40547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40536 and 40547 is 1.

GCF(40536,40547) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40536 and 40547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40536 and 40547.

How to find the GCF of 40536 and 40547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40536 and 40547. After we will calculate the factors of 40536 and 40547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40536

Prime factors of 40536 are 2, 3, 563. Prime factorization of 40536 in exponential form is:

40536 = 2³ × 3² × 563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40547

Prime factors of 40547 are 13, 3119. Prime factorization of 40547 in exponential form is:

40547 = 13¹ × 3119¹

Step-3: Factors of 40536

List of positive integer factors of 40536 that divides 40536 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 563, 1126, 1689, 2252, 3378, 4504, 5067, 6756, 10134, 13512, 20268

Step-4: Factors of 40547

List of positive integer factors of 40547 that divides 40536 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3119

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40536 and 40547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40536 and 40547 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40536 and 40547