What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42000 and 42018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42000 and 42018 is 6.

GCF(42000,42018) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42000 and 42018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42000 and 42018.

How to find the GCF of 42000 and 42018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42000 and 42018. After we will calculate the factors of 42000 and 42018 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42000

Prime factors of 42000 are 2, 3, 5, 7. Prime factorization of 42000 in exponential form is:

42000 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 5³ × 7¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42018

Prime factors of 42018 are 2, 3, 47, 149. Prime factorization of 42018 in exponential form is:

42018 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 47¹ × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 42000

List of positive integer factors of 42000 that divides 42000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 25, 28, 30, 35, 40, 42, 48, 50, 56, 60, 70, 75, 80, 84, 100, 105, 112, 120, 125, 140, 150, 168, 175, 200, 210, 240, 250, 280, 300, 336, 350, 375, 400, 420, 500, 525, 560, 600, 700, 750, 840, 875, 1000, 1050, 1200, 1400, 1500, 1680, 1750, 2000, 2100, 2625, 2800, 3000, 3500, 4200, 5250, 6000, 7000, 8400, 10500, 14000, 21000

Step-4: Factors of 42018

List of positive integer factors of 42018 that divides 42000 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 47, 94, 141, 149, 282, 298, 447, 894, 7003, 14006, 21009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42000 and 42018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42000 and 42018 is 6.

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