What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41508 and 41517?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41508 and 41517 is 9.

GCF(41508,41517) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41508 and 41517, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41508 and 41517.

How to find the GCF of 41508 and 41517?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41508 and 41517. After we will calculate the factors of 41508 and 41517 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41508

Prime factors of 41508 are 2, 3, 1153. Prime factorization of 41508 in exponential form is:

41508 = 2² × 3² × 1153¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41517

Prime factors of 41517 are 3, 7, 659. Prime factorization of 41517 in exponential form is:

41517 = 3² × 7¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 41508

List of positive integer factors of 41508 that divides 41508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 1153, 2306, 3459, 4612, 6918, 10377, 13836, 20754

Step-4: Factors of 41517

List of positive integer factors of 41517 that divides 41508 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 659, 1977, 4613, 5931, 13839

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41508 and 41517. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41508 and 41517 is 9.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41508 and 41517