What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41968 and 41987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41968 and 41987 is 1.

GCF(41968,41987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41968 and 41987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41968 and 41987.

How to find the GCF of 41968 and 41987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41968 and 41987. After we will calculate the factors of 41968 and 41987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41987

Prime factors of 41987 are 11, 347. Prime factorization of 41987 in exponential form is:

41987 = 11² × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 41968

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41987

List of positive integer factors of 41987 that divides 41968 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 347, 3817

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41968 and 41987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41968 and 41987 is 1.

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