What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41971 and 41977?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41971 and 41977 is 1.

GCF(41971,41977) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41971 and 41977, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41971 and 41977.

How to find the GCF of 41971 and 41977?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41971 and 41977. After we will calculate the factors of 41971 and 41977 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41971

Prime factors of 41971 are 19, 47. Prime factorization of 41971 in exponential form is:

41971 = 19¹ × 47²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41977

Prime factors of 41977 are 13, 3229. Prime factorization of 41977 in exponential form is:

41977 = 13¹ × 3229¹

Step-3: Factors of 41971

List of positive integer factors of 41971 that divides 41971 without a remainder.

1, 19, 47, 893, 2209

Step-4: Factors of 41977

List of positive integer factors of 41977 that divides 41971 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3229

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41971 and 41977. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41971 and 41977 is 1.

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