What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41026 and 41042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41026 and 41042 is 2.

GCF(41026,41042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41026 and 41042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41026 and 41042.

How to find the GCF of 41026 and 41042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41026 and 41042. After we will calculate the factors of 41026 and 41042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41026

Prime factors of 41026 are 2, 73, 281. Prime factorization of 41026 in exponential form is:

41026 = 2¹ × 73¹ × 281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41042

Prime factors of 41042 are 2, 20521. Prime factorization of 41042 in exponential form is:

41042 = 2¹ × 20521¹

Step-3: Factors of 41026

List of positive integer factors of 41026 that divides 41026 without a remainder.

1, 2, 73, 146, 281, 562, 20513

Step-4: Factors of 41042

List of positive integer factors of 41042 that divides 41026 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20521

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41026 and 41042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41026 and 41042 is 2.

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