What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41572 and 41576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41572 and 41576 is 4.

GCF(41572,41576) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41572 and 41576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41572 and 41576.

How to find the GCF of 41572 and 41576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41572 and 41576. After we will calculate the factors of 41572 and 41576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41572

Prime factors of 41572 are 2, 19, 547. Prime factorization of 41572 in exponential form is:

41572 = 2² × 19¹ × 547¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41576

Prime factors of 41576 are 2, 5197. Prime factorization of 41576 in exponential form is:

41576 = 2³ × 5197¹

Step-3: Factors of 41572

List of positive integer factors of 41572 that divides 41572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 547, 1094, 2188, 10393, 20786

Step-4: Factors of 41576

List of positive integer factors of 41576 that divides 41572 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5197, 10394, 20788

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41572 and 41576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41572 and 41576 is 4.

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