What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41372 and 41378?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41372 and 41378 is 2.

GCF(41372,41378) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41372 and 41378, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41372 and 41378.

How to find the GCF of 41372 and 41378?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41372 and 41378. After we will calculate the factors of 41372 and 41378 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41372

Prime factors of 41372 are 2, 10343. Prime factorization of 41372 in exponential form is:

41372 = 2² × 10343¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41378

Prime factors of 41378 are 2, 17, 1217. Prime factorization of 41378 in exponential form is:

41378 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1217¹

Step-3: Factors of 41372

List of positive integer factors of 41372 that divides 41372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10343, 20686

Step-4: Factors of 41378

List of positive integer factors of 41378 that divides 41372 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1217, 2434, 20689

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41372 and 41378. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41372 and 41378 is 2.

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