What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40593 and 40599?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40593 and 40599 is 3.

GCF(40593,40599) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40593 and 40599, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40593 and 40599.

How to find the GCF of 40593 and 40599?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40593 and 40599. After we will calculate the factors of 40593 and 40599 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40599

Prime factors of 40599 are 3, 13, 347. Prime factorization of 40599 in exponential form is:

40599 = 3² × 13¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 40593

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40599

List of positive integer factors of 40599 that divides 40593 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 347, 1041, 3123, 4511, 13533

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40593 and 40599. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40593 and 40599 is 3.

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