What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41987 and 41995?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41987 and 41995 is 1.

GCF(41987,41995) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41987 and 41995, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41987 and 41995.

How to find the GCF of 41987 and 41995?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41987 and 41995. After we will calculate the factors of 41987 and 41995 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41987

Prime factors of 41987 are 11, 347. Prime factorization of 41987 in exponential form is:

41987 = 11² × 347¹

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 41987

List of positive integer factors of 41987 that divides 41987 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 347, 3817

Step-4: Factors of 41995

List of positive integer factors of 41995 that divides 41987 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41987 and 41995. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41987 and 41995 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41987 and 41995