What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41878 and 41882?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41878 and 41882 is 2.

GCF(41878,41882) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41878 and 41882, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41878 and 41882.

How to find the GCF of 41878 and 41882?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41878 and 41882. After we will calculate the factors of 41878 and 41882 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41878

Prime factors of 41878 are 2, 20939. Prime factorization of 41878 in exponential form is:

41878 = 2¹ × 20939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41882

Prime factors of 41882 are 2, 43, 487. Prime factorization of 41882 in exponential form is:

41882 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 41878

List of positive integer factors of 41878 that divides 41878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20939

Step-4: Factors of 41882

List of positive integer factors of 41882 that divides 41878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 487, 974, 20941

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41878 and 41882. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41878 and 41882 is 2.

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