What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40556 and 40567?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40556 and 40567 is 1.

GCF(40556,40567) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40556 and 40567, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40556 and 40567.

How to find the GCF of 40556 and 40567?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40556 and 40567. After we will calculate the factors of 40556 and 40567 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40556

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

40556 = 2² × 10139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40567

Prime factors of 40567 are 113, 359. Prime factorization of 40567 in exponential form is:

40567 = 113¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 40556

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

1, 2, 4, 10139, 20278

Step-4: Factors of 40567

List of positive integer factors of 40567 that divides 40556 without a remainder.

1, 113, 359

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40556 and 40567. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40556 and 40567 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40556 and 40567