What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41963 and 41968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41963 and 41968 is 1.

GCF(41963,41968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41963 and 41968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41963 and 41968.

How to find the GCF of 41963 and 41968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41963 and 41968. After we will calculate the factors of 41963 and 41968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41963

Prime factors of 41963 are 29, 1447. Prime factorization of 41963 in exponential form is:

41963 = 29¹ × 1447¹

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 41963

List of positive integer factors of 41963 that divides 41963 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1447

Step-4: Factors of 41968

List of positive integer factors of 41968 that divides 41963 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 41963 and 41968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41963 and 41968 is 1.

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