What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40541 and 40552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40541 and 40552 is 1.

GCF(40541,40552) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40541 and 40552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40541 and 40552.

How to find the GCF of 40541 and 40552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40541 and 40552. After we will calculate the factors of 40541 and 40552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40541

Prime factors of 40541 are 71, 571. Prime factorization of 40541 in exponential form is:

40541 = 71¹ × 571¹

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 40541

List of positive integer factors of 40541 that divides 40541 without a remainder.

1, 71, 571

Step-4: Factors of 40552

List of positive integer factors of 40552 that divides 40541 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 40541 and 40552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40541 and 40552 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40541 and 40552