What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41944 and 41949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41944 and 41949 is 1.

GCF(41944,41949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41944 and 41949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41944 and 41949.

How to find the GCF of 41944 and 41949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41944 and 41949. After we will calculate the factors of 41944 and 41949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41944

Prime factors of 41944 are 2, 7, 107. Prime factorization of 41944 in exponential form is:

41944 = 2³ × 7² × 107¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41949

Prime factors of 41949 are 3, 59, 79. Prime factorization of 41949 in exponential form is:

41949 = 3² × 59¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 41944

List of positive integer factors of 41944 that divides 41944 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 49, 56, 98, 107, 196, 214, 392, 428, 749, 856, 1498, 2996, 5243, 5992, 10486, 20972

Step-4: Factors of 41949

List of positive integer factors of 41949 that divides 41944 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 59, 79, 177, 237, 531, 711, 4661, 13983

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41944 and 41949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41944 and 41949 is 1.

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