What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41573 and 41587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41573 and 41587 is 7.

GCF(41573,41587) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41573 and 41587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41573 and 41587.

How to find the GCF of 41573 and 41587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41573 and 41587. After we will calculate the factors of 41573 and 41587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41573

Prime factors of 41573 are 7, 5939. Prime factorization of 41573 in exponential form is:

41573 = 7¹ × 5939¹

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 41573

List of positive integer factors of 41573 that divides 41573 without a remainder.

1, 7, 5939

Step-4: Factors of 41587

List of positive integer factors of 41587 that divides 41573 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41573 and 41587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41573 and 41587 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41573 and 41587