What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40750 and 40762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40750 and 40762 is 2.

GCF(40750,40762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40750 and 40762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40750 and 40762.

How to find the GCF of 40750 and 40762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40750 and 40762. After we will calculate the factors of 40750 and 40762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40750

Prime factors of 40750 are 2, 5, 163. Prime factorization of 40750 in exponential form is:

40750 = 2¹ × 5³ × 163¹

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 40750

List of positive integer factors of 40750 that divides 40750 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 125, 163, 250, 326, 815, 1630, 4075, 8150, 20375

Step-4: Factors of 40762

List of positive integer factors of 40762 that divides 40750 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40750 and 40762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40750 and 40762 is 2.

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