What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40542 and 40556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40542 and 40556 is 2.

GCF(40542,40556) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40542 and 40556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40542 and 40556.

How to find the GCF of 40542 and 40556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40542 and 40556. After we will calculate the factors of 40542 and 40556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40556

Prime factors of 40556 are 2, 10139. Prime factorization of 40556 in exponential form is:

40556 = 2² × 10139¹

Step-3: Factors of 40542

List of positive integer factors of 40542 that divides 40542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 233, 466, 699, 1398, 6757, 13514, 20271

Step-4: Factors of 40556

List of positive integer factors of 40556 that divides 40542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10139, 20278

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40542 and 40556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40542 and 40556 is 2.

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