What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40667 and 40678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40667 and 40678 is 11.

GCF(40667,40678) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40667 and 40678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40667 and 40678.

How to find the GCF of 40667 and 40678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40667 and 40678. After we will calculate the factors of 40667 and 40678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40667

Prime factors of 40667 are 11, 3697. Prime factorization of 40667 in exponential form is:

40667 = 11¹ × 3697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40678

Prime factors of 40678 are 2, 11, 43. Prime factorization of 40678 in exponential form is:

40678 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 43²

Step-3: Factors of 40667

List of positive integer factors of 40667 that divides 40667 without a remainder.

1, 11, 3697

Step-4: Factors of 40678

List of positive integer factors of 40678 that divides 40667 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 43, 86, 473, 946, 1849, 3698, 20339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40667 and 40678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40667 and 40678 is 11.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40667 and 40678