What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41517 and 41529?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41517 and 41529 is 3.

GCF(41517,41529) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41517 and 41529, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41517 and 41529.

How to find the GCF of 41517 and 41529?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41517 and 41529. After we will calculate the factors of 41517 and 41529 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41529

Prime factors of 41529 are 3, 109, 127. Prime factorization of 41529 in exponential form is:

41529 = 3¹ × 109¹ × 127¹

Step-3: Factors of 41517

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41529

List of positive integer factors of 41529 that divides 41517 without a remainder.

1, 3, 109, 127, 327, 381, 13843

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41517 and 41529. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41517 and 41529 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41517 and 41529