What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41953 and 41972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41953 and 41972 is 1.

GCF(41953,41972) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41953 and 41972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41953 and 41972.

How to find the GCF of 41953 and 41972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41953 and 41972. After we will calculate the factors of 41953 and 41972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41953

Prime factors of 41953 are 41953. Prime factorization of 41953 in exponential form is:

41953 = 41953¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41972

Prime factors of 41972 are 2, 7, 1499. Prime factorization of 41972 in exponential form is:

41972 = 2² × 7¹ × 1499¹

Step-3: Factors of 41953

List of positive integer factors of 41953 that divides 41953 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 41972

List of positive integer factors of 41972 that divides 41953 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1499, 2998, 5996, 10493, 20986

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41953 and 41972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41953 and 41972 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41953 and 41972