What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40884 and 40901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40884 and 40901 is 1.

GCF(40884,40901) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40884 and 40901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40884 and 40901.

How to find the GCF of 40884 and 40901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40884 and 40901. After we will calculate the factors of 40884 and 40901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40884

Prime factors of 40884 are 2, 3, 3407. Prime factorization of 40884 in exponential form is:

40884 = 2² × 3¹ × 3407¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40901

Prime factors of 40901 are 7, 5843. Prime factorization of 40901 in exponential form is:

40901 = 7¹ × 5843¹

Step-3: Factors of 40884

List of positive integer factors of 40884 that divides 40884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3407, 6814, 10221, 13628, 20442

Step-4: Factors of 40901

List of positive integer factors of 40901 that divides 40884 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40884 and 40901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40884 and 40901 is 1.

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