What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40715 and 40730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40715 and 40730 is 5.

GCF(40715,40730) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40715 and 40730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40715 and 40730.

How to find the GCF of 40715 and 40730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40715 and 40730. After we will calculate the factors of 40715 and 40730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40715

Prime factors of 40715 are 5, 17, 479. Prime factorization of 40715 in exponential form is:

40715 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40730

Prime factors of 40730 are 2, 5, 4073. Prime factorization of 40730 in exponential form is:

40730 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4073¹

Step-3: Factors of 40715

List of positive integer factors of 40715 that divides 40715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 479, 2395, 8143

Step-4: Factors of 40730

List of positive integer factors of 40730 that divides 40715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4073, 8146, 20365

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40715 and 40730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40715 and 40730 is 5.

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