What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40741 and 40749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40741 and 40749 is 1.

GCF(40741,40749) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40741 and 40749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40741 and 40749.

How to find the GCF of 40741 and 40749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40741 and 40749. After we will calculate the factors of 40741 and 40749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40741

Prime factors of 40741 are 131, 311. Prime factorization of 40741 in exponential form is:

40741 = 131¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40749

Prime factors of 40749 are 3, 17, 47. Prime factorization of 40749 in exponential form is:

40749 = 3¹ × 17² × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 40741

List of positive integer factors of 40741 that divides 40741 without a remainder.

1, 131, 311

Step-4: Factors of 40749

List of positive integer factors of 40749 that divides 40741 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 47, 51, 141, 289, 799, 867, 2397, 13583

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40741 and 40749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40741 and 40749 is 1.

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