What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41729 and 41738?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41729 and 41738 is 1.

GCF(41729,41738) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41729 and 41738, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41729 and 41738.

How to find the GCF of 41729 and 41738?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41729 and 41738. After we will calculate the factors of 41729 and 41738 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41729

Prime factors of 41729 are 41729. Prime factorization of 41729 in exponential form is:

41729 = 41729¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41738

Prime factors of 41738 are 2, 41, 509. Prime factorization of 41738 in exponential form is:

41738 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 509¹

Step-3: Factors of 41729

List of positive integer factors of 41729 that divides 41729 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 41738

List of positive integer factors of 41738 that divides 41729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 509, 1018, 20869

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41729 and 41738. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41729 and 41738 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41729 and 41738