What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40914 and 40921?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40914 and 40921 is 1.

GCF(40914,40921) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40914 and 40921, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40914 and 40921.

How to find the GCF of 40914 and 40921?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40914 and 40921. After we will calculate the factors of 40914 and 40921 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40914

Prime factors of 40914 are 2, 3, 2273. Prime factorization of 40914 in exponential form is:

40914 = 2¹ × 3² × 2273¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40921

Prime factors of 40921 are 151, 271. Prime factorization of 40921 in exponential form is:

40921 = 151¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 40914

List of positive integer factors of 40914 that divides 40914 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2273, 4546, 6819, 13638, 20457

Step-4: Factors of 40921

List of positive integer factors of 40921 that divides 40914 without a remainder.

1, 151, 271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40914 and 40921. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40914 and 40921 is 1.

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