What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41428 and 41446?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41428 and 41446 is 2.

GCF(41428,41446) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41428 and 41446, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41428 and 41446.

How to find the GCF of 41428 and 41446?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41428 and 41446. After we will calculate the factors of 41428 and 41446 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41428

Prime factors of 41428 are 2, 10357. Prime factorization of 41428 in exponential form is:

41428 = 2² × 10357¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41446

Prime factors of 41446 are 2, 17, 23, 53. Prime factorization of 41446 in exponential form is:

41446 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 23¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 41428

List of positive integer factors of 41428 that divides 41428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10357, 20714

Step-4: Factors of 41446

List of positive integer factors of 41446 that divides 41428 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 23, 34, 46, 53, 106, 391, 782, 901, 1219, 1802, 2438, 20723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41428 and 41446. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41428 and 41446 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41428 and 41446