What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41546 and 41560?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41546 and 41560 is 2.

GCF(41546,41560) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41546 and 41560, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41546 and 41560.

How to find the GCF of 41546 and 41560?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41546 and 41560. After we will calculate the factors of 41546 and 41560 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41546

Prime factors of 41546 are 2, 20773. Prime factorization of 41546 in exponential form is:

41546 = 2¹ × 20773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41560

Prime factors of 41560 are 2, 5, 1039. Prime factorization of 41560 in exponential form is:

41560 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1039¹

Step-3: Factors of 41546

List of positive integer factors of 41546 that divides 41546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20773

Step-4: Factors of 41560

List of positive integer factors of 41560 that divides 41546 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1039, 2078, 4156, 5195, 8312, 10390, 20780

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41546 and 41560. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41546 and 41560 is 2.

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