What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41486 and 41498?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41486 and 41498 is 2.

GCF(41486,41498) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41486 and 41498, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41486 and 41498.

How to find the GCF of 41486 and 41498?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41486 and 41498. After we will calculate the factors of 41486 and 41498 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41486

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

41486 = 2¹ × 20743¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41498

Prime factors of 41498 are 2, 20749. Prime factorization of 41498 in exponential form is:

41498 = 2¹ × 20749¹

Step-3: Factors of 41486

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

1, 2, 20743

Step-4: Factors of 41498

List of positive integer factors of 41498 that divides 41486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20749

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41486 and 41498. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41486 and 41498 is 2.

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