What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41589 and 41605?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41589 and 41605 is 1.

GCF(41589,41605) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41589 and 41605, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41589 and 41605.

How to find the GCF of 41589 and 41605?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41589 and 41605. After we will calculate the factors of 41589 and 41605 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41589

Prime factors of 41589 are 3, 4621. Prime factorization of 41589 in exponential form is:

41589 = 3² × 4621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41605

Prime factors of 41605 are 5, 53, 157. Prime factorization of 41605 in exponential form is:

41605 = 5¹ × 53¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 41589

List of positive integer factors of 41589 that divides 41589 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4621, 13863

Step-4: Factors of 41605

List of positive integer factors of 41605 that divides 41589 without a remainder.

1, 5, 53, 157, 265, 785, 8321

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41589 and 41605. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41589 and 41605 is 1.

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