What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41042 and 41048?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41042 and 41048 is 2.

GCF(41042,41048) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41042 and 41048, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41042 and 41048.

How to find the GCF of 41042 and 41048?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41042 and 41048. After we will calculate the factors of 41042 and 41048 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41042

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

41042 = 2¹ × 20521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41048

Prime factors of 41048 are 2, 7, 733. Prime factorization of 41048 in exponential form is:

41048 = 2³ × 7¹ × 733¹

Step-3: Factors of 41042

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

1, 2, 20521

Step-4: Factors of 41048

List of positive integer factors of 41048 that divides 41042 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 733, 1466, 2932, 5131, 5864, 10262, 20524

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41042 and 41048. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41042 and 41048 is 2.

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