Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 8598
GCF(40, 8598) = 2, Greatest common factor of 40 and 8598 is 2. 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 8598. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 8598 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 40 and 8598.
Prime Factorization of 40 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 8598 is 1, 2, 3, 1433.
- Factorize\( (40) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (8598) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 1433\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(40, 8598) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 8598 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 8598 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 6, 1433, 2866, 4299, 8598
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 40 and 8598 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 40 and 8598 is 2.
\(GCF(40, 8598) = 2\).
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