Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 9092
GCF(40, 9092) = 4, Greatest common factor of 40 and 9092 is 4. 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 9092. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 9092 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 40 and 9092.
Prime Factorization of 40 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 5 and Prime Factorization of 9092 is 1, 2, 2, 2273.
- Factorize\( (40) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 5\)
- Factorize\( (9092) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2273\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(40, 9092) = 1\times 2\times 2 = 4\).
Greatest Common Factor of 40 and 9092 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 9092 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 2273, 4546, 9092
As you can see, 4 is the greatest and common number that 40 and 9092 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 40 and 9092 is 4.
\(GCF(40, 9092) = 4\).
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