What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40990 and 40995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40990 and 40995 is 5.

GCF(40990,40995) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40990 and 40995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40990 and 40995.

How to find the GCF of 40990 and 40995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40990 and 40995. After we will calculate the factors of 40990 and 40995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 40995

Prime factors of 40995 are 3, 5, 911. Prime factorization of 40995 in exponential form is:

40995 = 3² × 5¹ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 40990

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 40995

List of positive integer factors of 40995 that divides 40990 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 911, 2733, 4555, 8199, 13665

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40990 and 40995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40990 and 40995 is 5.

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