What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41545 and 41555?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41545 and 41555 is 5.

GCF(41545,41555) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41545 and 41555, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41545 and 41555.

How to find the GCF of 41545 and 41555?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41545 and 41555. After we will calculate the factors of 41545 and 41555 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41545

Prime factors of 41545 are 5, 7, 1187. Prime factorization of 41545 in exponential form is:

41545 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1187¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41555

Prime factors of 41555 are 5, 8311. Prime factorization of 41555 in exponential form is:

41555 = 5¹ × 8311¹

Step-3: Factors of 41545

List of positive integer factors of 41545 that divides 41545 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1187, 5935, 8309

Step-4: Factors of 41555

List of positive integer factors of 41555 that divides 41545 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8311

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41545 and 41555. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41545 and 41555 is 5.

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