What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40678 and 40696?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40678 and 40696 is 2.

GCF(40678,40696) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40678 and 40696, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40678 and 40696.

How to find the GCF of 40678 and 40696?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40678 and 40696. After we will calculate the factors of 40678 and 40696 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40696

Prime factors of 40696 are 2, 5087. Prime factorization of 40696 in exponential form is:

40696 = 2³ × 5087¹

Step-3: Factors of 40678

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40696

List of positive integer factors of 40696 that divides 40678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5087, 10174, 20348

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40678 and 40696. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40678 and 40696 is 2.

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