What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41986 and 42006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41986 and 42006 is 2.

GCF(41986,42006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41986 and 42006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41986 and 42006.

How to find the GCF of 41986 and 42006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41986 and 42006. After we will calculate the factors of 41986 and 42006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42006

Prime factors of 42006 are 2, 3, 7001. Prime factorization of 42006 in exponential form is:

42006 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7001¹

Step-3: Factors of 41986

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42006

List of positive integer factors of 42006 that divides 41986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7001, 14002, 21003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41986 and 42006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41986 and 42006 is 2.

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