What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41474 and 41478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41474 and 41478 is 2.

GCF(41474,41478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41474 and 41478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41474 and 41478.

How to find the GCF of 41474 and 41478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41474 and 41478. After we will calculate the factors of 41474 and 41478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41474

Prime factors of 41474 are 2, 89, 233. Prime factorization of 41474 in exponential form is:

41474 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41478

Prime factors of 41478 are 2, 3, 31, 223. Prime factorization of 41478 in exponential form is:

41478 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 223¹

Step-3: Factors of 41474

List of positive integer factors of 41474 that divides 41474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 233, 466, 20737

Step-4: Factors of 41478

List of positive integer factors of 41478 that divides 41474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 186, 223, 446, 669, 1338, 6913, 13826, 20739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41474 and 41478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41474 and 41478 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41474 and 41478