What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41170 and 41178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41170 and 41178 is 2.

GCF(41170,41178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41170 and 41178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41170 and 41178.

How to find the GCF of 41170 and 41178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41170 and 41178. After we will calculate the factors of 41170 and 41178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41170

Prime factors of 41170 are 2, 5, 23, 179. Prime factorization of 41170 in exponential form is:

41170 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41178

Prime factors of 41178 are 2, 3, 6863. Prime factorization of 41178 in exponential form is:

41178 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6863¹

Step-3: Factors of 41170

List of positive integer factors of 41170 that divides 41170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 46, 115, 179, 230, 358, 895, 1790, 4117, 8234, 20585

Step-4: Factors of 41178

List of positive integer factors of 41178 that divides 41170 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6863, 13726, 20589

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41170 and 41178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41170 and 41178 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41170 and 41178