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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40858 and 40874?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40858 and 40874 is 2.

GCF(40858,40874) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40858 and 40874, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40858 and 40874.

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How to find the GCF of 40858 and 40874?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40858 and 40874. After we will calculate the factors of 40858 and 40874 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40858

Prime factors of 40858 are 2, 31, 659. Prime factorization of 40858 in exponential form is:

40858 = 21 × 311 × 6591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40874

Prime factors of 40874 are 2, 107, 191. Prime factorization of 40874 in exponential form is:

40874 = 21 × 1071 × 1911

Step-3: Factors of 40858

List of positive integer factors of 40858 that divides 40858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 659, 1318, 20429

Step-4: Factors of 40874

List of positive integer factors of 40874 that divides 40858 without a remainder.

1, 2, 107, 191, 214, 382, 20437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40858 and 40874. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40858 and 40874 is 2.

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