What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41478 and 41487?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41478 and 41487 is 3.

GCF(41478,41487) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41478 and 41487, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41478 and 41487.

How to find the GCF of 41478 and 41487?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41478 and 41487. After we will calculate the factors of 41478 and 41487 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41487

Prime factors of 41487 are 3, 13829. Prime factorization of 41487 in exponential form is:

41487 = 3¹ × 13829¹

Step-3: Factors of 41478

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41487

List of positive integer factors of 41487 that divides 41478 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13829

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41478 and 41487. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41478 and 41487 is 3.

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