What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40618 and 40630?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40618 and 40630 is 2.

GCF(40618,40630) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40618 and 40630, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40618 and 40630.

How to find the GCF of 40618 and 40630?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40618 and 40630. After we will calculate the factors of 40618 and 40630 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40618

Prime factors of 40618 are 2, 23, 883. Prime factorization of 40618 in exponential form is:

40618 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40630

Prime factors of 40630 are 2, 5, 17, 239. Prime factorization of 40630 in exponential form is:

40630 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 239¹

Step-3: Factors of 40618

List of positive integer factors of 40618 that divides 40618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 883, 1766, 20309

Step-4: Factors of 40630

List of positive integer factors of 40630 that divides 40618 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 17, 34, 85, 170, 239, 478, 1195, 2390, 4063, 8126, 20315

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40618 and 40630. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40618 and 40630 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40618 and 40630