What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40875 and 40879?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40875 and 40879 is 1.

GCF(40875,40879) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40875 and 40879, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40875 and 40879.

How to find the GCF of 40875 and 40879?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40875 and 40879. After we will calculate the factors of 40875 and 40879 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40875

Prime factors of 40875 are 3, 5, 109. Prime factorization of 40875 in exponential form is:

40875 = 3¹ × 5³ × 109¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40879

Prime factors of 40879 are 40879. Prime factorization of 40879 in exponential form is:

40879 = 40879¹

Step-3: Factors of 40875

List of positive integer factors of 40875 that divides 40875 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 109, 125, 327, 375, 545, 1635, 2725, 8175, 13625

Step-4: Factors of 40879

List of positive integer factors of 40879 that divides 40875 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40875 and 40879. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40875 and 40879 is 1.

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