What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40797 and 40803?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40797 and 40803 is 3.

GCF(40797,40803) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40797 and 40803, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40797 and 40803.

How to find the GCF of 40797 and 40803?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40797 and 40803. After we will calculate the factors of 40797 and 40803 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40797

Prime factors of 40797 are 3, 1511. Prime factorization of 40797 in exponential form is:

40797 = 3³ × 1511¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40803

Prime factors of 40803 are 3, 7, 29, 67. Prime factorization of 40803 in exponential form is:

40803 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 29¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 40797

List of positive integer factors of 40797 that divides 40797 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1511, 4533, 13599

Step-4: Factors of 40803

List of positive integer factors of 40803 that divides 40797 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 29, 67, 87, 201, 203, 469, 609, 1407, 1943, 5829, 13601

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40797 and 40803. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40797 and 40803 is 3.

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