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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40798 and 40812?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40798 and 40812 is 2.

GCF(40798,40812) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40798 and 40812, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40798 and 40812.

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How to find the GCF of 40798 and 40812?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40798 and 40812. After we will calculate the factors of 40798 and 40812 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40798

Prime factors of 40798 are 2, 20399. Prime factorization of 40798 in exponential form is:

40798 = 21 × 203991

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40812

Prime factors of 40812 are 2, 3, 19, 179. Prime factorization of 40812 in exponential form is:

40812 = 22 × 31 × 191 × 1791

Step-3: Factors of 40798

List of positive integer factors of 40798 that divides 40798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20399

Step-4: Factors of 40812

List of positive integer factors of 40812 that divides 40798 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 19, 38, 57, 76, 114, 179, 228, 358, 537, 716, 1074, 2148, 3401, 6802, 10203, 13604, 20406

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40798 and 40812. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40798 and 40812 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40798 and 40812