What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41842 and 41854?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41842 and 41854 is 2.

GCF(41842,41854) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41842 and 41854, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41842 and 41854.

How to find the GCF of 41842 and 41854?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41842 and 41854. After we will calculate the factors of 41842 and 41854 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41842

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

41842 = 2¹ × 20921¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41854

Prime factors of 41854 are 2, 17, 1231. Prime factorization of 41854 in exponential form is:

41854 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1231¹

Step-3: Factors of 41842

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

1, 2, 20921

Step-4: Factors of 41854

List of positive integer factors of 41854 that divides 41842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1231, 2462, 20927

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41842 and 41854. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41842 and 41854 is 2.

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