What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40624 and 40630?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40624 and 40630 is 2.

GCF(40624,40630) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40624 and 40630, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40624 and 40630.

How to find the GCF of 40624 and 40630?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40624 and 40630. After we will calculate the factors of 40624 and 40630 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40624

Prime factors of 40624 are 2, 2539. Prime factorization of 40624 in exponential form is:

40624 = 2⁴ × 2539¹

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 40624

List of positive integer factors of 40624 that divides 40624 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2539, 5078, 10156, 20312

Step-4: Factors of 40630

List of positive integer factors of 40630 that divides 40624 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 40624 and 40630. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40624 and 40630 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40624 and 40630