What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40934 and 40938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40934 and 40938 is 2.

GCF(40934,40938) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40934 and 40938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40934 and 40938.

How to find the GCF of 40934 and 40938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40934 and 40938. After we will calculate the factors of 40934 and 40938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40934

Prime factors of 40934 are 2, 97, 211. Prime factorization of 40934 in exponential form is:

40934 = 2¹ × 97¹ × 211¹

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 40934

List of positive integer factors of 40934 that divides 40934 without a remainder.

1, 2, 97, 194, 211, 422, 20467

Step-4: Factors of 40938

List of positive integer factors of 40938 that divides 40934 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40934 and 40938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40934 and 40938 is 2.

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