What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40932 and 40952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40932 and 40952 is 4.

GCF(40932,40952) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40932 and 40952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40932 and 40952.

How to find the GCF of 40932 and 40952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40932 and 40952. After we will calculate the factors of 40932 and 40952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40952

Prime factors of 40952 are 2, 5119. Prime factorization of 40952 in exponential form is:

40952 = 2³ × 5119¹

Step-3: Factors of 40932

List of positive integer factors of 40932 that divides 40932 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

Step-4: Factors of 40952

List of positive integer factors of 40952 that divides 40932 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5119, 10238, 20476

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40932 and 40952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40932 and 40952 is 4.

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