What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41906 and 41918?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41906 and 41918 is 2.

GCF(41906,41918) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41906 and 41918, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41906 and 41918.

How to find the GCF of 41906 and 41918?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41906 and 41918. After we will calculate the factors of 41906 and 41918 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41906

Prime factors of 41906 are 2, 23, 911. Prime factorization of 41906 in exponential form is:

41906 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 911¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41918

Prime factors of 41918 are 2, 20959. Prime factorization of 41918 in exponential form is:

41918 = 2¹ × 20959¹

Step-3: Factors of 41906

List of positive integer factors of 41906 that divides 41906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 911, 1822, 20953

Step-4: Factors of 41918

List of positive integer factors of 41918 that divides 41906 without a remainder.

1, 2, 20959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41906 and 41918. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41906 and 41918 is 2.

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