What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41342 and 41346?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41342 and 41346 is 2.

GCF(41342,41346) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41342 and 41346, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41342 and 41346.

How to find the GCF of 41342 and 41346?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41342 and 41346. After we will calculate the factors of 41342 and 41346 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41342

Prime factors of 41342 are 2, 7, 2953. Prime factorization of 41342 in exponential form is:

41342 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41346

Prime factors of 41346 are 2, 3, 2297. Prime factorization of 41346 in exponential form is:

41346 = 2¹ × 3² × 2297¹

Step-3: Factors of 41342

List of positive integer factors of 41342 that divides 41342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2953, 5906, 20671

Step-4: Factors of 41346

List of positive integer factors of 41346 that divides 41342 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2297, 4594, 6891, 13782, 20673

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41342 and 41346. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41342 and 41346 is 2.

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