What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41568 and 41587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41568 and 41587 is 1.

GCF(41568,41587) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41568 and 41587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41568 and 41587.

How to find the GCF of 41568 and 41587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41568 and 41587. After we will calculate the factors of 41568 and 41587 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 41587

Prime factors of 41587 are 7, 13, 457. Prime factorization of 41587 in exponential form is:

41587 = 7¹ × 13¹ × 457¹

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 41587

List of positive integer factors of 41587 that divides 41568 without a remainder.

1, 7, 13, 91, 457, 3199, 5941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41568 and 41587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41568 and 41587 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41568 and 41587