What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40596 and 40604?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40596 and 40604 is 4.

GCF(40596,40604) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40596 and 40604, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40596 and 40604.

How to find the GCF of 40596 and 40604?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40596 and 40604. After we will calculate the factors of 40596 and 40604 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40596

Prime factors of 40596 are 2, 3, 17, 199. Prime factorization of 40596 in exponential form is:

40596 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40604

Prime factors of 40604 are 2, 10151. Prime factorization of 40604 in exponential form is:

40604 = 2² × 10151¹

Step-3: Factors of 40596

List of positive integer factors of 40596 that divides 40596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 51, 68, 102, 199, 204, 398, 597, 796, 1194, 2388, 3383, 6766, 10149, 13532, 20298

Step-4: Factors of 40604

List of positive integer factors of 40604 that divides 40596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10151, 20302

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40596 and 40604. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40596 and 40604 is 4.

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