What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41872 and 41887?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41872 and 41887 is 1.

GCF(41872,41887) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41872 and 41887, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41872 and 41887.

How to find the GCF of 41872 and 41887?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41872 and 41887. After we will calculate the factors of 41872 and 41887 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41872

Prime factors of 41872 are 2, 2617. Prime factorization of 41872 in exponential form is:

41872 = 2⁴ × 2617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41887

Prime factors of 41887 are 41887. Prime factorization of 41887 in exponential form is:

41887 = 41887¹

Step-3: Factors of 41872

List of positive integer factors of 41872 that divides 41872 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2617, 5234, 10468, 20936

Step-4: Factors of 41887

List of positive integer factors of 41887 that divides 41872 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41872 and 41887. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41872 and 41887 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41872 and 41887