What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41242 and 41255?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41242 and 41255 is 1.

GCF(41242,41255) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41242 and 41255, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41242 and 41255.

How to find the GCF of 41242 and 41255?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41242 and 41255. After we will calculate the factors of 41242 and 41255 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41242

Prime factors of 41242 are 2, 17, 1213. Prime factorization of 41242 in exponential form is:

41242 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1213¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41255

Prime factors of 41255 are 5, 37, 223. Prime factorization of 41255 in exponential form is:

41255 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 41242

List of positive integer factors of 41242 that divides 41242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1213, 2426, 20621

Step-4: Factors of 41255

List of positive integer factors of 41255 that divides 41242 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 223, 1115, 8251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41242 and 41255. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41242 and 41255 is 1.

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