What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41217 and 41229?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41217 and 41229 is 3.

GCF(41217,41229) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41217 and 41229, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41217 and 41229.

How to find the GCF of 41217 and 41229?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41217 and 41229. After we will calculate the factors of 41217 and 41229 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41217

Prime factors of 41217 are 3, 11, 1249. Prime factorization of 41217 in exponential form is:

41217 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1249¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41229

Prime factors of 41229 are 3, 509. Prime factorization of 41229 in exponential form is:

41229 = 3⁴ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 41217

List of positive integer factors of 41217 that divides 41217 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1249, 3747, 13739

Step-4: Factors of 41229

List of positive integer factors of 41229 that divides 41217 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 509, 1527, 4581, 13743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41217 and 41229. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41217 and 41229 is 3.

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