What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40900 and 40906?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40900 and 40906 is 2.

GCF(40900,40906) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40900 and 40906, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40900 and 40906.

How to find the GCF of 40900 and 40906?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40900 and 40906. After we will calculate the factors of 40900 and 40906 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40900

Prime factors of 40900 are 2, 5, 409. Prime factorization of 40900 in exponential form is:

40900 = 2² × 5² × 409¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40906

Prime factors of 40906 are 2, 113, 181. Prime factorization of 40906 in exponential form is:

40906 = 2¹ × 113¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 40900

List of positive integer factors of 40900 that divides 40900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 409, 818, 1636, 2045, 4090, 8180, 10225, 20450

Step-4: Factors of 40906

List of positive integer factors of 40906 that divides 40900 without a remainder.

1, 2, 113, 181, 226, 362, 20453

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40900 and 40906. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40900 and 40906 is 2.

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