What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41938 and 41954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41938 and 41954 is 2.

GCF(41938,41954) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41938 and 41954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41938 and 41954.

How to find the GCF of 41938 and 41954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41938 and 41954. After we will calculate the factors of 41938 and 41954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41938

Prime factors of 41938 are 2, 13, 1613. Prime factorization of 41938 in exponential form is:

41938 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41954

Prime factors of 41954 are 2, 11, 1907. Prime factorization of 41954 in exponential form is:

41954 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1907¹

Step-3: Factors of 41938

List of positive integer factors of 41938 that divides 41938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1613, 3226, 20969

Step-4: Factors of 41954

List of positive integer factors of 41954 that divides 41938 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1907, 3814, 20977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41938 and 41954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41938 and 41954 is 2.

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