What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42002 and 42008?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42002 and 42008 is 2.

GCF(42002,42008) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42002 and 42008, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42002 and 42008.

How to find the GCF of 42002 and 42008?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42002 and 42008. After we will calculate the factors of 42002 and 42008 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42002

Prime factors of 42002 are 2, 21001. Prime factorization of 42002 in exponential form is:

42002 = 2¹ × 21001¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42008

Prime factors of 42008 are 2, 59, 89. Prime factorization of 42008 in exponential form is:

42008 = 2³ × 59¹ × 89¹

Step-3: Factors of 42002

List of positive integer factors of 42002 that divides 42002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21001

Step-4: Factors of 42008

List of positive integer factors of 42008 that divides 42002 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 59, 89, 118, 178, 236, 356, 472, 712, 5251, 10502, 21004

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42002 and 42008. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42002 and 42008 is 2.

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