What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40593 and 40602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40593 and 40602 is 3.

GCF(40593,40602) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40593 and 40602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40593 and 40602.

How to find the GCF of 40593 and 40602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40593 and 40602. After we will calculate the factors of 40593 and 40602 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 40602

Prime factors of 40602 are 2, 3, 67, 101. Prime factorization of 40602 in exponential form is:

40602 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 67¹ × 101¹

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 40602

List of positive integer factors of 40602 that divides 40593 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 67, 101, 134, 201, 202, 303, 402, 606, 6767, 13534, 20301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40593 and 40602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40593 and 40602 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40593 and 40602