What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40850 and 40859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40850 and 40859 is 1.

GCF(40850,40859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40850 and 40859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40850 and 40859.

How to find the GCF of 40850 and 40859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40850 and 40859. After we will calculate the factors of 40850 and 40859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40850

Prime factors of 40850 are 2, 5, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 40850 in exponential form is:

40850 = 2¹ × 5² × 19¹ × 43¹

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 40850

List of positive integer factors of 40850 that divides 40850 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 25, 38, 43, 50, 86, 95, 190, 215, 430, 475, 817, 950, 1075, 1634, 2150, 4085, 8170, 20425

Step-4: Factors of 40859

List of positive integer factors of 40859 that divides 40850 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40850 and 40859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40850 and 40859 is 1.

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