What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41506 and 41524?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41506 and 41524 is 2.

GCF(41506,41524) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41506 and 41524, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41506 and 41524.

How to find the GCF of 41506 and 41524?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41506 and 41524. After we will calculate the factors of 41506 and 41524 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41506

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

41506 = 2¹ × 20753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41524

Prime factors of 41524 are 2, 7, 1483. Prime factorization of 41524 in exponential form is:

41524 = 2² × 7¹ × 1483¹

Step-3: Factors of 41506

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

1, 2, 20753

Step-4: Factors of 41524

List of positive integer factors of 41524 that divides 41506 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1483, 2966, 5932, 10381, 20762

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41506 and 41524. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41506 and 41524 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41506 and 41524