What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41172 and 41178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41172 and 41178 is 6.

GCF(41172,41178) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41172 and 41178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41172 and 41178.

How to find the GCF of 41172 and 41178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41172 and 41178. After we will calculate the factors of 41172 and 41178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41172

Prime factors of 41172 are 2, 3, 47, 73. Prime factorization of 41172 in exponential form is:

41172 = 2² × 3¹ × 47¹ × 73¹

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 41172

List of positive integer factors of 41172 that divides 41172 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 47, 73, 94, 141, 146, 188, 219, 282, 292, 438, 564, 876, 3431, 6862, 10293, 13724, 20586

Step-4: Factors of 41178

List of positive integer factors of 41178 that divides 41172 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41172 and 41178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41172 and 41178 is 6.

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