What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40978 and 40990?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40978 and 40990 is 2.

GCF(40978,40990) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40978 and 40990, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40978 and 40990.

How to find the GCF of 40978 and 40990?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40978 and 40990. After we will calculate the factors of 40978 and 40990 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40978

Prime factors of 40978 are 2, 7, 2927. Prime factorization of 40978 in exponential form is:

40978 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2927¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40990

Prime factors of 40990 are 2, 5, 4099. Prime factorization of 40990 in exponential form is:

40990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4099¹

Step-3: Factors of 40978

List of positive integer factors of 40978 that divides 40978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2927, 5854, 20489

Step-4: Factors of 40990

List of positive integer factors of 40990 that divides 40978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4099, 8198, 20495

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40978 and 40990. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40978 and 40990 is 2.

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