Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 10550
GCF(40, 10550) = 10, Greatest common factor of 40 and 10550 is 10. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 10550. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 10550 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 40 and 10550.
Prime Factorization of 40 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 10550 is 1, 2, 5, 5, 211.
- Factorize\( (40) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (10550) = \) \(1\times 2\times 5\times 5\times 211\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 5) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(40, 10550) = 1\times 2\times 5 = 10\).
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 10550 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 40 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40
List of positive integers factors of 10550 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 211, 422, 1055, 2110, 5275, 10550
As you can see, 10 is the greatest and common number that 40 and 10550 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 40 and 10550 is 10.
\(GCF(40, 10550) = 10\).
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