What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40814 and 40826?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40814 and 40826 is 2.

GCF(40814,40826) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40814 and 40826, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40814 and 40826.

How to find the GCF of 40814 and 40826?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40814 and 40826. After we will calculate the factors of 40814 and 40826 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40814

Prime factors of 40814 are 2, 20407. Prime factorization of 40814 in exponential form is:

40814 = 2¹ × 20407¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40826

Prime factors of 40826 are 2, 137, 149. Prime factorization of 40826 in exponential form is:

40826 = 2¹ × 137¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 40814

List of positive integer factors of 40814 that divides 40814 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20407

Step-4: Factors of 40826

List of positive integer factors of 40826 that divides 40814 without a remainder.

1, 2, 137, 149, 274, 298, 20413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40814 and 40826. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40814 and 40826 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40814 and 40826