What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40935 and 40950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40935 and 40950 is 15.

GCF(40935,40950) = 15

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40935 and 40950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40935 and 40950.

How to find the GCF of 40935 and 40950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40935 and 40950. After we will calculate the factors of 40935 and 40950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40935

Prime factors of 40935 are 3, 5, 2729. Prime factorization of 40935 in exponential form is:

40935 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2729¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40950

Prime factors of 40950 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 13. Prime factorization of 40950 in exponential form is:

40950 = 2¹ × 3² × 5² × 7¹ × 13¹

Step-3: Factors of 40935

List of positive integer factors of 40935 that divides 40935 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2729, 8187, 13645

Step-4: Factors of 40950

List of positive integer factors of 40950 that divides 40935 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 18, 21, 25, 26, 30, 35, 39, 42, 45, 50, 63, 65, 70, 75, 78, 90, 91, 105, 117, 126, 130, 150, 175, 182, 195, 210, 225, 234, 273, 315, 325, 350, 390, 450, 455, 525, 546, 585, 630, 650, 819, 910, 975, 1050, 1170, 1365, 1575, 1638, 1950, 2275, 2730, 2925, 3150, 4095, 4550, 5850, 6825, 8190, 13650, 20475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40935 and 40950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40935 and 40950 is 15.

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