What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41472 and 41480?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41472 and 41480 is 8.

GCF(41472,41480) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41472 and 41480, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41472 and 41480.

How to find the GCF of 41472 and 41480?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41472 and 41480. After we will calculate the factors of 41472 and 41480 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41472

Prime factors of 41472 are 2, 3. Prime factorization of 41472 in exponential form is:

41472 = 2⁹ × 3⁴

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41480

Prime factors of 41480 are 2, 5, 17, 61. Prime factorization of 41480 in exponential form is:

41480 = 2³ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 41472

List of positive integer factors of 41472 that divides 41472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 16, 18, 24, 27, 32, 36, 48, 54, 64, 72, 81, 96, 108, 128, 144, 162, 192, 216, 256, 288, 324, 384, 432, 512, 576, 648, 768, 864, 1152, 1296, 1536, 1728, 2304, 2592, 3456, 4608, 5184, 6912, 10368, 13824, 20736

Step-4: Factors of 41480

List of positive integer factors of 41480 that divides 41472 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 17, 20, 34, 40, 61, 68, 85, 122, 136, 170, 244, 305, 340, 488, 610, 680, 1037, 1220, 2074, 2440, 4148, 5185, 8296, 10370, 20740

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41472 and 41480. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41472 and 41480 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41472 and 41480