What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41981 and 41985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41981 and 41985 is 1.

GCF(41981,41985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41981 and 41985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41981 and 41985.

How to find the GCF of 41981 and 41985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41981 and 41985. After we will calculate the factors of 41981 and 41985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41981

Prime factors of 41981 are 41981. Prime factorization of 41981 in exponential form is:

41981 = 41981¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 41985

Prime factors of 41985 are 3, 5, 311. Prime factorization of 41985 in exponential form is:

41985 = 3³ × 5¹ × 311¹

Step-3: Factors of 41981

List of positive integer factors of 41981 that divides 41981 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 41985

List of positive integer factors of 41985 that divides 41981 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 27, 45, 135, 311, 933, 1555, 2799, 4665, 8397, 13995

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41981 and 41985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41981 and 41985 is 1.

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