What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40942 and 40949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40942 and 40949 is 1.

GCF(40942,40949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40942 and 40949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40942 and 40949.

How to find the GCF of 40942 and 40949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40942 and 40949. After we will calculate the factors of 40942 and 40949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40942

Prime factors of 40942 are 2, 11, 1861. Prime factorization of 40942 in exponential form is:

40942 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1861¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40949

Prime factors of 40949 are 40949. Prime factorization of 40949 in exponential form is:

40949 = 40949¹

Step-3: Factors of 40942

List of positive integer factors of 40942 that divides 40942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1861, 3722, 20471

Step-4: Factors of 40949

List of positive integer factors of 40949 that divides 40942 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40942 and 40949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40942 and 40949 is 1.

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