What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41585 and 41596?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41585 and 41596 is 1.

GCF(41585,41596) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41585 and 41596, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41585 and 41596.

How to find the GCF of 41585 and 41596?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41585 and 41596. After we will calculate the factors of 41585 and 41596 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41585

Prime factors of 41585 are 5, 8317. Prime factorization of 41585 in exponential form is:

41585 = 5¹ × 8317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41596

Prime factors of 41596 are 2, 10399. Prime factorization of 41596 in exponential form is:

41596 = 2² × 10399¹

Step-3: Factors of 41585

List of positive integer factors of 41585 that divides 41585 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8317

Step-4: Factors of 41596

List of positive integer factors of 41596 that divides 41585 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10399, 20798

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41585 and 41596. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41585 and 41596 is 1.

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