What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41480 and 41486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41480 and 41486 is 2.

GCF(41480,41486) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41480 and 41486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41480 and 41486.

How to find the GCF of 41480 and 41486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41480 and 41486. After we will calculate the factors of 41480 and 41486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41486

Prime factors of 41486 are 2, 20743. Prime factorization of 41486 in exponential form is:

41486 = 2¹ × 20743¹

Step-3: Factors of 41480

List of positive integer factors of 41480 that divides 41480 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

Step-4: Factors of 41486

List of positive integer factors of 41486 that divides 41480 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20743

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41480 and 41486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41480 and 41486 is 2.

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