What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40918 and 40938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40918 and 40938 is 2.

GCF(40918,40938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40918 and 40938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40918 and 40938.

How to find the GCF of 40918 and 40938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40918 and 40938. After we will calculate the factors of 40918 and 40938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40938

Prime factors of 40938 are 2, 3, 6823. Prime factorization of 40938 in exponential form is:

40938 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6823¹

Step-3: Factors of 40918

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40938

List of positive integer factors of 40938 that divides 40918 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6823, 13646, 20469

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40918 and 40938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40918 and 40938 is 2.

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