What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41871 and 41883?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41871 and 41883 is 3.

GCF(41871,41883) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41871 and 41883, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41871 and 41883.

How to find the GCF of 41871 and 41883?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41871 and 41883. After we will calculate the factors of 41871 and 41883 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41871

Prime factors of 41871 are 3, 17, 821. Prime factorization of 41871 in exponential form is:

41871 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 821¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41883

Prime factors of 41883 are 3, 23, 607. Prime factorization of 41883 in exponential form is:

41883 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 607¹

Step-3: Factors of 41871

List of positive integer factors of 41871 that divides 41871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 821, 2463, 13957

Step-4: Factors of 41883

List of positive integer factors of 41883 that divides 41871 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 607, 1821, 13961

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41871 and 41883. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41871 and 41883 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41871 and 41883