What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40599 and 40611?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40599 and 40611 is 3.

GCF(40599,40611) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40599 and 40611, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40599 and 40611.

How to find the GCF of 40599 and 40611?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40599 and 40611. After we will calculate the factors of 40599 and 40611 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40611

Prime factors of 40611 are 3, 13537. Prime factorization of 40611 in exponential form is:

40611 = 3¹ × 13537¹

Step-3: Factors of 40599

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40611

List of positive integer factors of 40611 that divides 40599 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13537

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40599 and 40611. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40599 and 40611 is 3.

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