What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41642 and 41654?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41642 and 41654 is 2.

GCF(41642,41654) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41642 and 41654, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41642 and 41654.

How to find the GCF of 41642 and 41654?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41642 and 41654. After we will calculate the factors of 41642 and 41654 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41642

Prime factors of 41642 are 2, 47, 443. Prime factorization of 41642 in exponential form is:

41642 = 2¹ × 47¹ × 443¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41654

Prime factors of 41654 are 2, 59, 353. Prime factorization of 41654 in exponential form is:

41654 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 41642

List of positive integer factors of 41642 that divides 41642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 47, 94, 443, 886, 20821

Step-4: Factors of 41654

List of positive integer factors of 41654 that divides 41642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 353, 706, 20827

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41642 and 41654. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41642 and 41654 is 2.

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