What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41806 and 41812?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41806 and 41812 is 2.

GCF(41806,41812) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41806 and 41812, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41806 and 41812.

How to find the GCF of 41806 and 41812?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41806 and 41812. After we will calculate the factors of 41806 and 41812 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41806

Prime factors of 41806 are 2, 20903. Prime factorization of 41806 in exponential form is:

41806 = 2¹ × 20903¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41812

Prime factors of 41812 are 2, 10453. Prime factorization of 41812 in exponential form is:

41812 = 2² × 10453¹

Step-3: Factors of 41806

List of positive integer factors of 41806 that divides 41806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20903

Step-4: Factors of 41812

List of positive integer factors of 41812 that divides 41806 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10453, 20906

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41806 and 41812. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41806 and 41812 is 2.

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