What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40796 and 40804?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40796 and 40804 is 4.

GCF(40796,40804) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40796 and 40804, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40796 and 40804.

How to find the GCF of 40796 and 40804?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40796 and 40804. After we will calculate the factors of 40796 and 40804 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40796

Prime factors of 40796 are 2, 7, 31, 47. Prime factorization of 40796 in exponential form is:

40796 = 2² × 7¹ × 31¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40804

Prime factors of 40804 are 2, 101. Prime factorization of 40804 in exponential form is:

40804 = 2² × 101²

Step-3: Factors of 40796

List of positive integer factors of 40796 that divides 40796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 31, 47, 62, 94, 124, 188, 217, 329, 434, 658, 868, 1316, 1457, 2914, 5828, 10199, 20398

Step-4: Factors of 40804

List of positive integer factors of 40804 that divides 40796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 101, 202, 404, 10201, 20402

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40796 and 40804. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40796 and 40804 is 4.

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