What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41752 and 41772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41752 and 41772 is 4.

GCF(41752,41772) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41752 and 41772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41752 and 41772.

How to find the GCF of 41752 and 41772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41752 and 41772. After we will calculate the factors of 41752 and 41772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41752

Prime factors of 41752 are 2, 17, 307. Prime factorization of 41752 in exponential form is:

41752 = 2³ × 17¹ × 307¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41772

Prime factors of 41772 are 2, 3, 59. Prime factorization of 41772 in exponential form is:

41772 = 2² × 3¹ × 59²

Step-3: Factors of 41752

List of positive integer factors of 41752 that divides 41752 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 17, 34, 68, 136, 307, 614, 1228, 2456, 5219, 10438, 20876

Step-4: Factors of 41772

List of positive integer factors of 41772 that divides 41752 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 59, 118, 177, 236, 354, 708, 3481, 6962, 10443, 13924, 20886

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41752 and 41772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41752 and 41772 is 4.

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