What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41830 and 41842?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41830 and 41842 is 2.

GCF(41830,41842) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41830 and 41842, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41830 and 41842.

How to find the GCF of 41830 and 41842?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41830 and 41842. After we will calculate the factors of 41830 and 41842 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41830

Prime factors of 41830 are 2, 5, 47, 89. Prime factorization of 41830 in exponential form is:

41830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 47¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41842

Prime factors of 41842 are 2, 20921. Prime factorization of 41842 in exponential form is:

41842 = 2¹ × 20921¹

Step-3: Factors of 41830

List of positive integer factors of 41830 that divides 41830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 47, 89, 94, 178, 235, 445, 470, 890, 4183, 8366, 20915

Step-4: Factors of 41842

List of positive integer factors of 41842 that divides 41830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20921

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41830 and 41842. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41830 and 41842 is 2.

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