What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40588 and 40593?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40588 and 40593 is 1.

GCF(40588,40593) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40588 and 40593, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40588 and 40593.

How to find the GCF of 40588 and 40593?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40588 and 40593. After we will calculate the factors of 40588 and 40593 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40588

Prime factors of 40588 are 2, 73, 139. Prime factorization of 40588 in exponential form is:

40588 = 2² × 73¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40593

Prime factors of 40593 are 3, 7, 1933. Prime factorization of 40593 in exponential form is:

40593 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1933¹

Step-3: Factors of 40588

List of positive integer factors of 40588 that divides 40588 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 73, 139, 146, 278, 292, 556, 10147, 20294

Step-4: Factors of 40593

List of positive integer factors of 40593 that divides 40588 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1933, 5799, 13531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40588 and 40593. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40588 and 40593 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40588 and 40593