What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40736 and 40746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40736 and 40746 is 2.

GCF(40736,40746) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40736 and 40746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40736 and 40746.

How to find the GCF of 40736 and 40746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40736 and 40746. After we will calculate the factors of 40736 and 40746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40736

Prime factors of 40736 are 2, 19, 67. Prime factorization of 40736 in exponential form is:

40736 = 2⁵ × 19¹ × 67¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40746

Prime factors of 40746 are 2, 3, 6791. Prime factorization of 40746 in exponential form is:

40746 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6791¹

Step-3: Factors of 40736

List of positive integer factors of 40736 that divides 40736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 32, 38, 67, 76, 134, 152, 268, 304, 536, 608, 1072, 1273, 2144, 2546, 5092, 10184, 20368

Step-4: Factors of 40746

List of positive integer factors of 40746 that divides 40736 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6791, 13582, 20373

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40736 and 40746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40736 and 40746 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40736 and 40746