What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40632 and 40636?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40632 and 40636 is 4.

GCF(40632,40636) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40632 and 40636, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40632 and 40636.

How to find the GCF of 40632 and 40636?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40632 and 40636. After we will calculate the factors of 40632 and 40636 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40632

Prime factors of 40632 are 2, 3, 1693. Prime factorization of 40632 in exponential form is:

40632 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1693¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40636

Prime factors of 40636 are 2, 10159. Prime factorization of 40636 in exponential form is:

40636 = 2² × 10159¹

Step-3: Factors of 40632

List of positive integer factors of 40632 that divides 40632 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1693, 3386, 5079, 6772, 10158, 13544, 20316

Step-4: Factors of 40636

List of positive integer factors of 40636 that divides 40632 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10159, 20318

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40632 and 40636. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40632 and 40636 is 4.

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