What is the Greatest Common Factor of 40993 and 40999?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 40993 and 40999 is 1.

GCF(40993,40999) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 40993 and 40999, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 40993 and 40999.

How to find the GCF of 40993 and 40999?

We will first find the prime factorization of 40993 and 40999. After we will calculate the factors of 40993 and 40999 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 40993

Prime factors of 40993 are 40993. Prime factorization of 40993 in exponential form is:

40993 = 40993¹

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 40993

List of positive integer factors of 40993 that divides 40993 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 40999

List of positive integer factors of 40999 that divides 40993 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5857

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 40993 and 40999. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 40993 and 40999 is 1.

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