What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40634 and 40648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40634 and 40648 is 2.

GCF(40634,40648) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40634 and 40648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40634 and 40648.

How to find the GCF of 40634 and 40648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40634 and 40648. After we will calculate the factors of 40634 and 40648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40634

Prime factors of 40634 are 2, 11, 1847. Prime factorization of 40634 in exponential form is:

40634 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1847¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40648

Prime factors of 40648 are 2, 5081. Prime factorization of 40648 in exponential form is:

40648 = 2³ × 5081¹

Step-3: Factors of 40634

List of positive integer factors of 40634 that divides 40634 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1847, 3694, 20317

Step-4: Factors of 40648

List of positive integer factors of 40648 that divides 40634 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5081, 10162, 20324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40634 and 40648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40634 and 40648 is 2.

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