What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41568 and 41584?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41568 and 41584 is 16.

GCF(41568,41584) = 16

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41568 and 41584, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41568 and 41584.

How to find the GCF of 41568 and 41584?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41568 and 41584. After we will calculate the factors of 41568 and 41584 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41568

Prime factors of 41568 are 2, 3, 433. Prime factorization of 41568 in exponential form is:

41568 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41584

Prime factors of 41584 are 2, 23, 113. Prime factorization of 41584 in exponential form is:

41584 = 2⁴ × 23¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 41568

List of positive integer factors of 41568 that divides 41568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 433, 866, 1299, 1732, 2598, 3464, 5196, 6928, 10392, 13856, 20784

Step-4: Factors of 41584

List of positive integer factors of 41584 that divides 41568 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 23, 46, 92, 113, 184, 226, 368, 452, 904, 1808, 2599, 5198, 10396, 20792

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41568 and 41584. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41568 and 41584 is 16.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41568 and 41584