What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41574 and 41582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41574 and 41582 is 2.

GCF(41574,41582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41574 and 41582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41574 and 41582.

How to find the GCF of 41574 and 41582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41574 and 41582. After we will calculate the factors of 41574 and 41582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41574

Prime factors of 41574 are 2, 3, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 41574 in exponential form is:

41574 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13² × 41¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41582

Prime factors of 41582 are 2, 17, 1223. Prime factorization of 41582 in exponential form is:

41582 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1223¹

Step-3: Factors of 41574

List of positive integer factors of 41574 that divides 41574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 41, 78, 82, 123, 169, 246, 338, 507, 533, 1014, 1066, 1599, 3198, 6929, 13858, 20787

Step-4: Factors of 41582

List of positive integer factors of 41582 that divides 41574 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1223, 2446, 20791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41574 and 41582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41574 and 41582 is 2.

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