What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40917 and 40932?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40917 and 40932 is 3.

GCF(40917,40932) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40917 and 40932, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40917 and 40932.

How to find the GCF of 40917 and 40932?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40917 and 40932. After we will calculate the factors of 40917 and 40932 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 40932

Prime factors of 40932 are 2, 3, 379. Prime factorization of 40932 in exponential form is:

40932 = 2² × 3³ × 379¹

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 40932

List of positive integer factors of 40932 that divides 40917 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 379, 758, 1137, 1516, 2274, 3411, 4548, 6822, 10233, 13644, 20466

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40917 and 40932. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40917 and 40932 is 3.

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