What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40921 and 40926?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40921 and 40926 is 1.

GCF(40921,40926) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40921 and 40926, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40921 and 40926.

How to find the GCF of 40921 and 40926?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40921 and 40926. After we will calculate the factors of 40921 and 40926 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40921

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

40921 = 151¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40926

Prime factors of 40926 are 2, 3, 19, 359. Prime factorization of 40926 in exponential form is:

40926 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 40921

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

1, 151, 271

Step-4: Factors of 40926

List of positive integer factors of 40926 that divides 40921 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 359, 718, 1077, 2154, 6821, 13642, 20463

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40921 and 40926. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40921 and 40926 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40921 and 40926