What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41172 and 41187?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41172 and 41187 is 3.

GCF(41172,41187) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41172 and 41187, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41172 and 41187.

How to find the GCF of 41172 and 41187?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41172 and 41187. After we will calculate the factors of 41172 and 41187 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 41187

Prime factors of 41187 are 3, 13729. Prime factorization of 41187 in exponential form is:

41187 = 3¹ × 13729¹

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 41187

List of positive integer factors of 41187 that divides 41172 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13729

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41172 and 41187. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41172 and 41187 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41172 and 41187