What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42030 and 42040?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42030 and 42040 is 10.

GCF(42030,42040) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42030 and 42040, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42030 and 42040.

How to find the GCF of 42030 and 42040?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42030 and 42040. After we will calculate the factors of 42030 and 42040 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42030

Prime factors of 42030 are 2, 3, 5, 467. Prime factorization of 42030 in exponential form is:

42030 = 2¹ × 3² × 5¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42040

Prime factors of 42040 are 2, 5, 1051. Prime factorization of 42040 in exponential form is:

42040 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1051¹

Step-3: Factors of 42030

List of positive integer factors of 42030 that divides 42030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 30, 45, 90, 467, 934, 1401, 2335, 2802, 4203, 4670, 7005, 8406, 14010, 21015

Step-4: Factors of 42040

List of positive integer factors of 42040 that divides 42030 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1051, 2102, 4204, 5255, 8408, 10510, 21020

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42030 and 42040. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42030 and 42040 is 10.

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