What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40966 and 40983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40966 and 40983 is 1.

GCF(40966,40983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40966 and 40983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40966 and 40983.

How to find the GCF of 40966 and 40983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40966 and 40983. After we will calculate the factors of 40966 and 40983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40966

Prime factors of 40966 are 2, 20483. Prime factorization of 40966 in exponential form is:

40966 = 2¹ × 20483¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40983

Prime factors of 40983 are 3, 19, 719. Prime factorization of 40983 in exponential form is:

40983 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 719¹

Step-3: Factors of 40966

List of positive integer factors of 40966 that divides 40966 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20483

Step-4: Factors of 40983

List of positive integer factors of 40983 that divides 40966 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 719, 2157, 13661

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40966 and 40983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40966 and 40983 is 1.

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