What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40712 and 40731?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40712 and 40731 is 1.

GCF(40712,40731) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40712 and 40731, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40712 and 40731.

How to find the GCF of 40712 and 40731?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40712 and 40731. After we will calculate the factors of 40712 and 40731 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40712

Prime factors of 40712 are 2, 7, 727. Prime factorization of 40712 in exponential form is:

40712 = 2³ × 7¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40731

Prime factors of 40731 are 3, 13577. Prime factorization of 40731 in exponential form is:

40731 = 3¹ × 13577¹

Step-3: Factors of 40712

List of positive integer factors of 40712 that divides 40712 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 727, 1454, 2908, 5089, 5816, 10178, 20356

Step-4: Factors of 40731

List of positive integer factors of 40731 that divides 40712 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13577

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40712 and 40731. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40712 and 40731 is 1.

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