What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40983 and 40997?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40983 and 40997 is 1.

GCF(40983,40997) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40983 and 40997, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40983 and 40997.

How to find the GCF of 40983 and 40997?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40983 and 40997. After we will calculate the factors of 40983 and 40997 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40997

Prime factors of 40997 are 11, 3727. Prime factorization of 40997 in exponential form is:

40997 = 11¹ × 3727¹

Step-3: Factors of 40983

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40997

List of positive integer factors of 40997 that divides 40983 without a remainder.

1, 11, 3727

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40983 and 40997. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40983 and 40997 is 1.

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