What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41855 and 41875?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41855 and 41875 is 5.

GCF(41855,41875) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41855 and 41875, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41855 and 41875.

How to find the GCF of 41855 and 41875?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41855 and 41875. After we will calculate the factors of 41855 and 41875 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41875

Prime factors of 41875 are 5, 67. Prime factorization of 41875 in exponential form is:

41875 = 5⁴ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 41855

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41875

List of positive integer factors of 41875 that divides 41855 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 67, 125, 335, 625, 1675, 8375

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41855 and 41875. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41855 and 41875 is 5.

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