What is the Greatest Common Factor of 41996 and 42012?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 41996 and 42012 is 4.

GCF(41996,42012) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 41996 and 42012, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 41996 and 42012.

How to find the GCF of 41996 and 42012?

We will first find the prime factorization of 41996 and 42012. After we will calculate the factors of 41996 and 42012 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 41996

Prime factors of 41996 are 2, 10499. Prime factorization of 41996 in exponential form is:

41996 = 2² × 10499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42012

Prime factors of 42012 are 2, 3, 389. Prime factorization of 42012 in exponential form is:

42012 = 2² × 3³ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 41996

List of positive integer factors of 41996 that divides 41996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10499, 20998

Step-4: Factors of 42012

List of positive integer factors of 42012 that divides 41996 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 27, 36, 54, 108, 389, 778, 1167, 1556, 2334, 3501, 4668, 7002, 10503, 14004, 21006

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 41996 and 42012. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 41996 and 42012 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 41996 and 42012