What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40685 and 40695?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40685 and 40695 is 5.

GCF(40685,40695) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40685 and 40695, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40685 and 40695.

How to find the GCF of 40685 and 40695?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40685 and 40695. After we will calculate the factors of 40685 and 40695 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40685

Prime factors of 40685 are 5, 79, 103. Prime factorization of 40685 in exponential form is:

40685 = 5¹ × 79¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40695

Prime factors of 40695 are 3, 5, 2713. Prime factorization of 40695 in exponential form is:

40695 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2713¹

Step-3: Factors of 40685

List of positive integer factors of 40685 that divides 40685 without a remainder.

1, 5, 79, 103, 395, 515, 8137

Step-4: Factors of 40695

List of positive integer factors of 40695 that divides 40685 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2713, 8139, 13565

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40685 and 40695. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40685 and 40695 is 5.

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