What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40611 and 40620?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40611 and 40620 is 3.

GCF(40611,40620) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40611 and 40620, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40611 and 40620.

How to find the GCF of 40611 and 40620?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40611 and 40620. After we will calculate the factors of 40611 and 40620 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40611

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

40611 = 3¹ × 13537¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40620

Prime factors of 40620 are 2, 3, 5, 677. Prime factorization of 40620 in exponential form is:

40620 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 677¹

Step-3: Factors of 40611

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

1, 3, 13537

Step-4: Factors of 40620

List of positive integer factors of 40620 that divides 40611 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 677, 1354, 2031, 2708, 3385, 4062, 6770, 8124, 10155, 13540, 20310

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40611 and 40620. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40611 and 40620 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40611 and 40620