What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41488 and 41506?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41488 and 41506 is 2.

GCF(41488,41506) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41488 and 41506, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41488 and 41506.

How to find the GCF of 41488 and 41506?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41488 and 41506. After we will calculate the factors of 41488 and 41506 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41488

Prime factors of 41488 are 2, 2593. Prime factorization of 41488 in exponential form is:

41488 = 2⁴ × 2593¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41506

Prime factors of 41506 are 2, 20753. Prime factorization of 41506 in exponential form is:

41506 = 2¹ × 20753¹

Step-3: Factors of 41488

List of positive integer factors of 41488 that divides 41488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2593, 5186, 10372, 20744

Step-4: Factors of 41506

List of positive integer factors of 41506 that divides 41488 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20753

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41488 and 41506. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41488 and 41506 is 2.

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