What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40550 and 40564?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40550 and 40564 is 2.

GCF(40550,40564) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40550 and 40564, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40550 and 40564.

How to find the GCF of 40550 and 40564?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40550 and 40564. After we will calculate the factors of 40550 and 40564 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40550

Prime factors of 40550 are 2, 5, 811. Prime factorization of 40550 in exponential form is:

40550 = 2¹ × 5² × 811¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40564

Prime factors of 40564 are 2, 10141. Prime factorization of 40564 in exponential form is:

40564 = 2² × 10141¹

Step-3: Factors of 40550

List of positive integer factors of 40550 that divides 40550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 811, 1622, 4055, 8110, 20275

Step-4: Factors of 40564

List of positive integer factors of 40564 that divides 40550 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10141, 20282

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40550 and 40564. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40550 and 40564 is 2.

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