What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41544 and 41558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41544 and 41558 is 2.

GCF(41544,41558) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41544 and 41558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41544 and 41558.

How to find the GCF of 41544 and 41558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41544 and 41558. After we will calculate the factors of 41544 and 41558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41544

Prime factors of 41544 are 2, 3, 577. Prime factorization of 41544 in exponential form is:

41544 = 2³ × 3² × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41558

Prime factors of 41558 are 2, 11, 1889. Prime factorization of 41558 in exponential form is:

41558 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1889¹

Step-3: Factors of 41544

List of positive integer factors of 41544 that divides 41544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 18, 24, 36, 72, 577, 1154, 1731, 2308, 3462, 4616, 5193, 6924, 10386, 13848, 20772

Step-4: Factors of 41558

List of positive integer factors of 41558 that divides 41544 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1889, 3778, 20779

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41544 and 41558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41544 and 41558 is 2.

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