What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41916 and 41931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41916 and 41931 is 3.

GCF(41916,41931) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41916 and 41931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41916 and 41931.

How to find the GCF of 41916 and 41931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41916 and 41931. After we will calculate the factors of 41916 and 41931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41916

Prime factors of 41916 are 2, 3, 7, 499. Prime factorization of 41916 in exponential form is:

41916 = 2² × 3¹ × 7¹ × 499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41931

Prime factors of 41931 are 3, 1553. Prime factorization of 41931 in exponential form is:

41931 = 3³ × 1553¹

Step-3: Factors of 41916

List of positive integer factors of 41916 that divides 41916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 21, 28, 42, 84, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2994, 3493, 5988, 6986, 10479, 13972, 20958

Step-4: Factors of 41931

List of positive integer factors of 41931 that divides 41916 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1553, 4659, 13977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41916 and 41931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41916 and 41931 is 3.

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