What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41486 and 41502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41486 and 41502 is 2.

GCF(41486,41502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41486 and 41502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41486 and 41502.

How to find the GCF of 41486 and 41502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41486 and 41502. After we will calculate the factors of 41486 and 41502 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 41502

Prime factors of 41502 are 2, 3, 6917. Prime factorization of 41502 in exponential form is:

41502 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6917¹

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 41502

List of positive integer factors of 41502 that divides 41486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6917, 13834, 20751

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41486 and 41502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41486 and 41502 is 2.

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