What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41504 and 41518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41504 and 41518 is 2.

GCF(41504,41518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41504 and 41518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41504 and 41518.

How to find the GCF of 41504 and 41518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41504 and 41518. After we will calculate the factors of 41504 and 41518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41504

Prime factors of 41504 are 2, 1297. Prime factorization of 41504 in exponential form is:

41504 = 2⁵ × 1297¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41518

Prime factors of 41518 are 2, 20759. Prime factorization of 41518 in exponential form is:

41518 = 2¹ × 20759¹

Step-3: Factors of 41504

List of positive integer factors of 41504 that divides 41504 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 1297, 2594, 5188, 10376, 20752

Step-4: Factors of 41518

List of positive integer factors of 41518 that divides 41504 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41504 and 41518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41504 and 41518 is 2.

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