What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41242 and 41261?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41242 and 41261 is 1.

GCF(41242,41261) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41242 and 41261, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41242 and 41261.

How to find the GCF of 41242 and 41261?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41242 and 41261. After we will calculate the factors of 41242 and 41261 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 41261

Prime factors of 41261 are 11, 31. Prime factorization of 41261 in exponential form is:

41261 = 11³ × 31¹

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 41261

List of positive integer factors of 41261 that divides 41242 without a remainder.

1, 11, 31, 121, 341, 1331, 3751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41242 and 41261. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41242 and 41261 is 1.

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