What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40887 and 40901?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40887 and 40901 is 7.

GCF(40887,40901) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40887 and 40901, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40887 and 40901.

How to find the GCF of 40887 and 40901?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40887 and 40901. After we will calculate the factors of 40887 and 40901 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40887

Prime factors of 40887 are 3, 7, 11, 59. Prime factorization of 40887 in exponential form is:

40887 = 3² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 59¹

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 40887

List of positive integer factors of 40887 that divides 40887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 11, 21, 33, 59, 63, 77, 99, 177, 231, 413, 531, 649, 693, 1239, 1947, 3717, 4543, 5841, 13629

Step-4: Factors of 40901

List of positive integer factors of 40901 that divides 40887 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40887 and 40901. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40887 and 40901 is 7.

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