What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41877 and 41892?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41877 and 41892 is 3.

GCF(41877,41892) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41877 and 41892, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41877 and 41892.

How to find the GCF of 41877 and 41892?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41877 and 41892. After we will calculate the factors of 41877 and 41892 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41877

Prime factors of 41877 are 3, 11, 47. Prime factorization of 41877 in exponential form is:

41877 = 3⁴ × 11¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41892

Prime factors of 41892 are 2, 3, 3491. Prime factorization of 41892 in exponential form is:

41892 = 2² × 3¹ × 3491¹

Step-3: Factors of 41877

List of positive integer factors of 41877 that divides 41877 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 27, 33, 47, 81, 99, 141, 297, 423, 517, 891, 1269, 1551, 3807, 4653, 13959

Step-4: Factors of 41892

List of positive integer factors of 41892 that divides 41877 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3491, 6982, 10473, 13964, 20946

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41877 and 41892. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41877 and 41892 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41877 and 41892