What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40906 and 40912?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40906 and 40912 is 2.

GCF(40906,40912) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40906 and 40912, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40906 and 40912.

How to find the GCF of 40906 and 40912?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40906 and 40912. After we will calculate the factors of 40906 and 40912 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40912

Prime factors of 40912 are 2, 2557. Prime factorization of 40912 in exponential form is:

40912 = 2⁴ × 2557¹

Step-3: Factors of 40906

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40912

List of positive integer factors of 40912 that divides 40906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2557, 5114, 10228, 20456

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40906 and 40912. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40906 and 40912 is 2.

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