What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40891 and 40898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40891 and 40898 is 1.

GCF(40891,40898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40891 and 40898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40891 and 40898.

How to find the GCF of 40891 and 40898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40891 and 40898. After we will calculate the factors of 40891 and 40898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40891

Prime factors of 40891 are 103, 397. Prime factorization of 40891 in exponential form is:

40891 = 103¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40898

Prime factors of 40898 are 2, 11, 13. Prime factorization of 40898 in exponential form is:

40898 = 2¹ × 11² × 13²

Step-3: Factors of 40891

List of positive integer factors of 40891 that divides 40891 without a remainder.

1, 103, 397

Step-4: Factors of 40898

List of positive integer factors of 40898 that divides 40891 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 121, 143, 169, 242, 286, 338, 1573, 1859, 3146, 3718, 20449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40891 and 40898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40891 and 40898 is 1.

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