What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41979 and 41995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41979 and 41995 is 1.

GCF(41979,41995) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41979 and 41995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41979 and 41995.

How to find the GCF of 41979 and 41995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41979 and 41995. After we will calculate the factors of 41979 and 41995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 41995

Prime factors of 41995 are 5, 37, 227. Prime factorization of 41995 in exponential form is:

41995 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 41979

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 41995

List of positive integer factors of 41995 that divides 41979 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 227, 1135, 8399

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41979 and 41995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41979 and 41995 is 1.

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