What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40715 and 40732?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40715 and 40732 is 17.

GCF(40715,40732) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40715 and 40732, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40715 and 40732.

How to find the GCF of 40715 and 40732?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40715 and 40732. After we will calculate the factors of 40715 and 40732 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 40732

Prime factors of 40732 are 2, 17, 599. Prime factorization of 40732 in exponential form is:

40732 = 2² × 17¹ × 599¹

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 40732

List of positive integer factors of 40732 that divides 40715 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 599, 1198, 2396, 10183, 20366

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40715 and 40732. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40715 and 40732 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40715 and 40732