What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40977 and 40981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40977 and 40981 is 1.

GCF(40977,40981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40977 and 40981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40977 and 40981.

How to find the GCF of 40977 and 40981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40977 and 40981. After we will calculate the factors of 40977 and 40981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40977

Prime factors of 40977 are 3, 29, 157. Prime factorization of 40977 in exponential form is:

40977 = 3² × 29¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40981

Prime factors of 40981 are 107, 383. Prime factorization of 40981 in exponential form is:

40981 = 107¹ × 383¹

Step-3: Factors of 40977

List of positive integer factors of 40977 that divides 40977 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 29, 87, 157, 261, 471, 1413, 4553, 13659

Step-4: Factors of 40981

List of positive integer factors of 40981 that divides 40977 without a remainder.

1, 107, 383

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40977 and 40981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40977 and 40981 is 1.

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