What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40546 and 40552?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40546 and 40552 is 2.

GCF(40546,40552) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40546 and 40552, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40546 and 40552.

How to find the GCF of 40546 and 40552?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40546 and 40552. After we will calculate the factors of 40546 and 40552 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40546

Prime factors of 40546 are 2, 11, 19, 97. Prime factorization of 40546 in exponential form is:

40546 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 19¹ × 97¹

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 40546

List of positive integer factors of 40546 that divides 40546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 19, 22, 38, 97, 194, 209, 418, 1067, 1843, 2134, 3686, 20273

Step-4: Factors of 40552

List of positive integer factors of 40552 that divides 40546 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 40546 and 40552. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40546 and 40552 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40546 and 40552