What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41559 and 41565?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41559 and 41565 is 3.

GCF(41559,41565) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41559 and 41565, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41559 and 41565.

How to find the GCF of 41559 and 41565?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41559 and 41565. After we will calculate the factors of 41559 and 41565 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41559

Prime factors of 41559 are 3, 7, 1979. Prime factorization of 41559 in exponential form is:

41559 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1979¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41565

Prime factors of 41565 are 3, 5, 17, 163. Prime factorization of 41565 in exponential form is:

41565 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 17¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 41559

List of positive integer factors of 41559 that divides 41559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1979, 5937, 13853

Step-4: Factors of 41565

List of positive integer factors of 41565 that divides 41559 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 17, 51, 85, 163, 255, 489, 815, 2445, 2771, 8313, 13855

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41559 and 41565. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41559 and 41565 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41559 and 41565