What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42012 and 42026?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42012 and 42026 is 2.

GCF(42012,42026) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42012 and 42026, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42012 and 42026.

How to find the GCF of 42012 and 42026?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42012 and 42026. After we will calculate the factors of 42012 and 42026 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42026

Prime factors of 42026 are 2, 21013. Prime factorization of 42026 in exponential form is:

42026 = 2¹ × 21013¹

Step-3: Factors of 42012

List of positive integer factors of 42012 that divides 42012 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

Step-4: Factors of 42026

List of positive integer factors of 42026 that divides 42012 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21013

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42012 and 42026. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42012 and 42026 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42012 and 42026