What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41844 and 41855?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41844 and 41855 is 11.

GCF(41844,41855) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41844 and 41855, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41844 and 41855.

How to find the GCF of 41844 and 41855?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41844 and 41855. After we will calculate the factors of 41844 and 41855 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41844

Prime factors of 41844 are 2, 3, 11, 317. Prime factorization of 41844 in exponential form is:

41844 = 2² × 3¹ × 11¹ × 317¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41855

Prime factors of 41855 are 5, 11, 761. Prime factorization of 41855 in exponential form is:

41855 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 761¹

Step-3: Factors of 41844

List of positive integer factors of 41844 that divides 41844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 11, 12, 22, 33, 44, 66, 132, 317, 634, 951, 1268, 1902, 3487, 3804, 6974, 10461, 13948, 20922

Step-4: Factors of 41855

List of positive integer factors of 41855 that divides 41844 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 761, 3805, 8371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41844 and 41855. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41844 and 41855 is 11.

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