What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40587 and 40605?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40587 and 40605 is 3.

GCF(40587,40605) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40587 and 40605, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40587 and 40605.

How to find the GCF of 40587 and 40605?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40587 and 40605. After we will calculate the factors of 40587 and 40605 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40587

Prime factors of 40587 are 3, 83, 163. Prime factorization of 40587 in exponential form is:

40587 = 3¹ × 83¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40605

Prime factors of 40605 are 3, 5, 2707. Prime factorization of 40605 in exponential form is:

40605 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2707¹

Step-3: Factors of 40587

List of positive integer factors of 40587 that divides 40587 without a remainder.

1, 3, 83, 163, 249, 489, 13529

Step-4: Factors of 40605

List of positive integer factors of 40605 that divides 40587 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2707, 8121, 13535

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40587 and 40605. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40587 and 40605 is 3.

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