What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41956 and 41968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41956 and 41968 is 4.

GCF(41956,41968) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41956 and 41968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41956 and 41968.

How to find the GCF of 41956 and 41968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41956 and 41968. After we will calculate the factors of 41956 and 41968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41956

Prime factors of 41956 are 2, 17, 617. Prime factorization of 41956 in exponential form is:

41956 = 2² × 17¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41968

Prime factors of 41968 are 2, 43, 61. Prime factorization of 41968 in exponential form is:

41968 = 2⁴ × 43¹ × 61¹

Step-3: Factors of 41956

List of positive integer factors of 41956 that divides 41956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 617, 1234, 2468, 10489, 20978

Step-4: Factors of 41968

List of positive integer factors of 41968 that divides 41956 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 43, 61, 86, 122, 172, 244, 344, 488, 688, 976, 2623, 5246, 10492, 20984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41956 and 41968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41956 and 41968 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41956 and 41968