What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40685 and 40697?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40685 and 40697 is 1.

GCF(40685,40697) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40685 and 40697, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40685 and 40697.

How to find the GCF of 40685 and 40697?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40685 and 40697. After we will calculate the factors of 40685 and 40697 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 40697

Prime factors of 40697 are 40697. Prime factorization of 40697 in exponential form is:

40697 = 40697¹

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 40697

List of positive integer factors of 40697 that divides 40685 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40685 and 40697. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40685 and 40697 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40685 and 40697