What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40662 and 40671?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40662 and 40671 is 9.

GCF(40662,40671) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40662 and 40671, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40662 and 40671.

How to find the GCF of 40662 and 40671?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40662 and 40671. After we will calculate the factors of 40662 and 40671 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40662

Prime factors of 40662 are 2, 3, 251. Prime factorization of 40662 in exponential form is:

40662 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40671

Prime factors of 40671 are 3, 4519. Prime factorization of 40671 in exponential form is:

40671 = 3² × 4519¹

Step-3: Factors of 40662

List of positive integer factors of 40662 that divides 40662 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 251, 502, 753, 1506, 2259, 4518, 6777, 13554, 20331

Step-4: Factors of 40671

List of positive integer factors of 40671 that divides 40662 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4519, 13557

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40662 and 40671. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40662 and 40671 is 9.

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