What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41890 and 41898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41890 and 41898 is 2.

GCF(41890,41898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41890 and 41898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41890 and 41898.

How to find the GCF of 41890 and 41898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41890 and 41898. After we will calculate the factors of 41890 and 41898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41890

Prime factors of 41890 are 2, 5, 59, 71. Prime factorization of 41890 in exponential form is:

41890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 59¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41898

Prime factors of 41898 are 2, 3, 6983. Prime factorization of 41898 in exponential form is:

41898 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 6983¹

Step-3: Factors of 41890

List of positive integer factors of 41890 that divides 41890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 59, 71, 118, 142, 295, 355, 590, 710, 4189, 8378, 20945

Step-4: Factors of 41898

List of positive integer factors of 41898 that divides 41890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 6983, 13966, 20949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41890 and 41898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41890 and 41898 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41890 and 41898