What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40902 and 40918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40902 and 40918 is 2.

GCF(40902,40918) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40902 and 40918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40902 and 40918.

How to find the GCF of 40902 and 40918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40902 and 40918. After we will calculate the factors of 40902 and 40918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40918

Prime factors of 40918 are 2, 41, 499. Prime factorization of 40918 in exponential form is:

40918 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 40902

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40918

List of positive integer factors of 40918 that divides 40902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 499, 998, 20459

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40902 and 40918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40902 and 40918 is 2.

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