What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41978 and 41986?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41978 and 41986 is 2.

GCF(41978,41986) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41978 and 41986, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41978 and 41986.

How to find the GCF of 41978 and 41986?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41978 and 41986. After we will calculate the factors of 41978 and 41986 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41978

Prime factors of 41978 are 2, 139, 151. Prime factorization of 41978 in exponential form is:

41978 = 2¹ × 139¹ × 151¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41986

Prime factors of 41986 are 2, 7, 2999. Prime factorization of 41986 in exponential form is:

41986 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2999¹

Step-3: Factors of 41978

List of positive integer factors of 41978 that divides 41978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 139, 151, 278, 302, 20989

Step-4: Factors of 41986

List of positive integer factors of 41986 that divides 41978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2999, 5998, 20993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41978 and 41986. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41978 and 41986 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41978 and 41986