What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40748 and 40762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40748 and 40762 is 2.

GCF(40748,40762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40748 and 40762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40748 and 40762.

How to find the GCF of 40748 and 40762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40748 and 40762. After we will calculate the factors of 40748 and 40762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40748

Prime factors of 40748 are 2, 61, 167. Prime factorization of 40748 in exponential form is:

40748 = 2² × 61¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40762

Prime factors of 40762 are 2, 89, 229. Prime factorization of 40762 in exponential form is:

40762 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 229¹

Step-3: Factors of 40748

List of positive integer factors of 40748 that divides 40748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 61, 122, 167, 244, 334, 668, 10187, 20374

Step-4: Factors of 40762

List of positive integer factors of 40762 that divides 40748 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 229, 458, 20381

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40748 and 40762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40748 and 40762 is 2.

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