What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40973 and 40980?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40973 and 40980 is 1.

GCF(40973,40980) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40973 and 40980, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40973 and 40980.

How to find the GCF of 40973 and 40980?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40973 and 40980. After we will calculate the factors of 40973 and 40980 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40973

Prime factors of 40973 are 40973. Prime factorization of 40973 in exponential form is:

40973 = 40973¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40980

Prime factors of 40980 are 2, 3, 5, 683. Prime factorization of 40980 in exponential form is:

40980 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 683¹

Step-3: Factors of 40973

List of positive integer factors of 40973 that divides 40973 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 40980

List of positive integer factors of 40980 that divides 40973 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 683, 1366, 2049, 2732, 3415, 4098, 6830, 8196, 10245, 13660, 20490

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40973 and 40980. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40973 and 40980 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 40973 and 40980