What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40946 and 40963?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40946 and 40963 is 1.

GCF(40946,40963) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40946 and 40963, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40946 and 40963.

How to find the GCF of 40946 and 40963?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40946 and 40963. After we will calculate the factors of 40946 and 40963 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40946

Prime factors of 40946 are 2, 59, 347. Prime factorization of 40946 in exponential form is:

40946 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40963

Prime factors of 40963 are 13, 23, 137. Prime factorization of 40963 in exponential form is:

40963 = 13¹ × 23¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 40946

List of positive integer factors of 40946 that divides 40946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 347, 694, 20473

Step-4: Factors of 40963

List of positive integer factors of 40963 that divides 40946 without a remainder.

1, 13, 23, 137, 299, 1781, 3151

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40946 and 40963. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40946 and 40963 is 1.

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