What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40677 and 40691?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40677 and 40691 is 7.

GCF(40677,40691) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40677 and 40691, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40677 and 40691.

How to find the GCF of 40677 and 40691?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40677 and 40691. After we will calculate the factors of 40677 and 40691 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40677

Prime factors of 40677 are 3, 7, 13, 149. Prime factorization of 40677 in exponential form is:

40677 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40691

Prime factors of 40691 are 7, 5813. Prime factorization of 40691 in exponential form is:

40691 = 7¹ × 5813¹

Step-3: Factors of 40677

List of positive integer factors of 40677 that divides 40677 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 91, 149, 273, 447, 1043, 1937, 3129, 5811, 13559

Step-4: Factors of 40691

List of positive integer factors of 40691 that divides 40677 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5813

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40677 and 40691. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40677 and 40691 is 7.

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