What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40539 and 40552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40539 and 40552 is 1.

GCF(40539,40552) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40539 and 40552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40539 and 40552.

How to find the GCF of 40539 and 40552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40539 and 40552. After we will calculate the factors of 40539 and 40552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40539

Prime factors of 40539 are 3, 13513. Prime factorization of 40539 in exponential form is:

40539 = 3¹ × 13513¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40552

Prime factors of 40552 are 2, 37, 137. Prime factorization of 40552 in exponential form is:

40552 = 2³ × 37¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 40539

List of positive integer factors of 40539 that divides 40539 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13513

Step-4: Factors of 40552

List of positive integer factors of 40552 that divides 40539 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 74, 137, 148, 274, 296, 548, 1096, 5069, 10138, 20276

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40539 and 40552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40539 and 40552 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40539 and 40552