What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34142 and 34156?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34142 and 34156 is 2.

GCF(34142,34156) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34142 and 34156, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34142 and 34156.

How to find the GCF of 34142 and 34156?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34142 and 34156. After we will calculate the factors of 34142 and 34156 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34142

Prime factors of 34142 are 2, 43, 397. Prime factorization of 34142 in exponential form is:

34142 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34156

Prime factors of 34156 are 2, 8539. Prime factorization of 34156 in exponential form is:

34156 = 2² × 8539¹

Step-3: Factors of 34142

List of positive integer factors of 34142 that divides 34142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 397, 794, 17071

Step-4: Factors of 34156

List of positive integer factors of 34156 that divides 34142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8539, 17078

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34142 and 34156. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34142 and 34156 is 2.

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