What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41845 and 41856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41845 and 41856 is 1.

GCF(41845,41856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41845 and 41856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41845 and 41856.

How to find the GCF of 41845 and 41856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41845 and 41856. After we will calculate the factors of 41845 and 41856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41845

Prime factors of 41845 are 5, 8369. Prime factorization of 41845 in exponential form is:

41845 = 5¹ × 8369¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41856

Prime factors of 41856 are 2, 3, 109. Prime factorization of 41856 in exponential form is:

41856 = 2⁷ × 3¹ × 109¹

Step-3: Factors of 41845

List of positive integer factors of 41845 that divides 41845 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8369

Step-4: Factors of 41856

List of positive integer factors of 41856 that divides 41845 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 64, 96, 109, 128, 192, 218, 327, 384, 436, 654, 872, 1308, 1744, 2616, 3488, 5232, 6976, 10464, 13952, 20928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41845 and 41856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41845 and 41856 is 1.

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