What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40892 and 40902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40892 and 40902 is 2.

GCF(40892,40902) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40892 and 40902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40892 and 40902.

How to find the GCF of 40892 and 40902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40892 and 40902. After we will calculate the factors of 40892 and 40902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40892

Prime factors of 40892 are 2, 10223. Prime factorization of 40892 in exponential form is:

40892 = 2² × 10223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40902

Prime factors of 40902 are 2, 3, 17, 401. Prime factorization of 40902 in exponential form is:

40902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 40892

List of positive integer factors of 40892 that divides 40892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10223, 20446

Step-4: Factors of 40902

List of positive integer factors of 40902 that divides 40892 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 401, 802, 1203, 2406, 6817, 13634, 20451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40892 and 40902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40892 and 40902 is 2.

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