What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40872 and 40883?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40872 and 40883 is 1.

GCF(40872,40883) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40872 and 40883, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40872 and 40883.

How to find the GCF of 40872 and 40883?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40872 and 40883. After we will calculate the factors of 40872 and 40883 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40872

Prime factors of 40872 are 2, 3, 13, 131. Prime factorization of 40872 in exponential form is:

40872 = 2³ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40883

Prime factors of 40883 are 40883. Prime factorization of 40883 in exponential form is:

40883 = 40883¹

Step-3: Factors of 40872

List of positive integer factors of 40872 that divides 40872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 24, 26, 39, 52, 78, 104, 131, 156, 262, 312, 393, 524, 786, 1048, 1572, 1703, 3144, 3406, 5109, 6812, 10218, 13624, 20436

Step-4: Factors of 40883

List of positive integer factors of 40883 that divides 40872 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40872 and 40883. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40872 and 40883 is 1.

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