What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41969 and 41979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41969 and 41979 is 1.

GCF(41969,41979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41969 and 41979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41969 and 41979.

How to find the GCF of 41969 and 41979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41969 and 41979. After we will calculate the factors of 41969 and 41979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41969

Prime factors of 41969 are 41969. Prime factorization of 41969 in exponential form is:

41969 = 41969¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41979

Prime factors of 41979 are 3, 7, 1999. Prime factorization of 41979 in exponential form is:

41979 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 41969

List of positive integer factors of 41969 that divides 41969 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 41979

List of positive integer factors of 41979 that divides 41969 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 1999, 5997, 13993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41969 and 41979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41969 and 41979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41969 and 41979