What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40851 and 40864?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40851 and 40864 is 1.

GCF(40851,40864) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40851 and 40864, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40851 and 40864.

How to find the GCF of 40851 and 40864?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40851 and 40864. After we will calculate the factors of 40851 and 40864 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40851

Prime factors of 40851 are 3, 17, 89. Prime factorization of 40851 in exponential form is:

40851 = 3³ × 17¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40864

Prime factors of 40864 are 2, 1277. Prime factorization of 40864 in exponential form is:

40864 = 2⁵ × 1277¹

Step-3: Factors of 40851

List of positive integer factors of 40851 that divides 40851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 27, 51, 89, 153, 267, 459, 801, 1513, 2403, 4539, 13617

Step-4: Factors of 40864

List of positive integer factors of 40864 that divides 40851 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1277, 2554, 5108, 10216, 20432

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40851 and 40864. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40851 and 40864 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40851 and 40864