What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41834 and 41852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41834 and 41852 is 2.

GCF(41834,41852) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41834 and 41852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41834 and 41852.

How to find the GCF of 41834 and 41852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41834 and 41852. After we will calculate the factors of 41834 and 41852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41834

Prime factors of 41834 are 2, 13, 1609. Prime factorization of 41834 in exponential form is:

41834 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1609¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41852

Prime factors of 41852 are 2, 10463. Prime factorization of 41852 in exponential form is:

41852 = 2² × 10463¹

Step-3: Factors of 41834

List of positive integer factors of 41834 that divides 41834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1609, 3218, 20917

Step-4: Factors of 41852

List of positive integer factors of 41852 that divides 41834 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10463, 20926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41834 and 41852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41834 and 41852 is 2.

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