What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41738 and 41758?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41738 and 41758 is 2.

GCF(41738,41758) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41738 and 41758, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41738 and 41758.

How to find the GCF of 41738 and 41758?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41738 and 41758. After we will calculate the factors of 41738 and 41758 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41758

Prime factors of 41758 are 2, 20879. Prime factorization of 41758 in exponential form is:

41758 = 2¹ × 20879¹

Step-3: Factors of 41738

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41758

List of positive integer factors of 41758 that divides 41738 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20879

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41738 and 41758. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41738 and 41758 is 2.

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