What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40843 and 40859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40843 and 40859 is 1.

GCF(40843,40859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40843 and 40859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40843 and 40859.

How to find the GCF of 40843 and 40859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40843 and 40859. After we will calculate the factors of 40843 and 40859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40843

Prime factors of 40843 are 11, 47, 79. Prime factorization of 40843 in exponential form is:

40843 = 11¹ × 47¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40859

Prime factors of 40859 are 7, 13, 449. Prime factorization of 40859 in exponential form is:

40859 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 449¹

Step-3: Factors of 40843

List of positive integer factors of 40843 that divides 40843 without a remainder.

1, 11, 47, 79, 517, 869, 3713

Step-4: Factors of 40859

List of positive integer factors of 40859 that divides 40843 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 449, 3143, 5837

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40843 and 40859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40843 and 40859 is 1.

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