What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41452 and 41462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41452 and 41462 is 2.

GCF(41452,41462) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41452 and 41462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41452 and 41462.

How to find the GCF of 41452 and 41462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41452 and 41462. After we will calculate the factors of 41452 and 41462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41452

Prime factors of 41452 are 2, 43, 241. Prime factorization of 41452 in exponential form is:

41452 = 2² × 43¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41462

Prime factors of 41462 are 2, 20731. Prime factorization of 41462 in exponential form is:

41462 = 2¹ × 20731¹

Step-3: Factors of 41452

List of positive integer factors of 41452 that divides 41452 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 172, 241, 482, 964, 10363, 20726

Step-4: Factors of 41462

List of positive integer factors of 41462 that divides 41452 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20731

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41452 and 41462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41452 and 41462 is 2.

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