What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40917 and 40924?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40917 and 40924 is 1.

GCF(40917,40924) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40917 and 40924, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40917 and 40924.

How to find the GCF of 40917 and 40924?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40917 and 40924. After we will calculate the factors of 40917 and 40924 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40917

Prime factors of 40917 are 3, 23, 593. Prime factorization of 40917 in exponential form is:

40917 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40924

Prime factors of 40924 are 2, 13, 787. Prime factorization of 40924 in exponential form is:

40924 = 2² × 13¹ × 787¹

Step-3: Factors of 40917

List of positive integer factors of 40917 that divides 40917 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 593, 1779, 13639

Step-4: Factors of 40924

List of positive integer factors of 40924 that divides 40917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 787, 1574, 3148, 10231, 20462

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40917 and 40924. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40917 and 40924 is 1.

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