What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40989 and 40999?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40989 and 40999 is 1.

GCF(40989,40999) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40989 and 40999, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40989 and 40999.

How to find the GCF of 40989 and 40999?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40989 and 40999. After we will calculate the factors of 40989 and 40999 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40989

Prime factors of 40989 are 3, 13, 1051. Prime factorization of 40989 in exponential form is:

40989 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1051¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 40999

Prime factors of 40999 are 7, 5857. Prime factorization of 40999 in exponential form is:

40999 = 7¹ × 5857¹

Step-3: Factors of 40989

List of positive integer factors of 40989 that divides 40989 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1051, 3153, 13663

Step-4: Factors of 40999

List of positive integer factors of 40999 that divides 40989 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5857

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40989 and 40999. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40989 and 40999 is 1.

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