What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42064 and 42068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42064 and 42068 is 4.

GCF(42064,42068) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42064 and 42068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42064 and 42068.

How to find the GCF of 42064 and 42068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42064 and 42068. After we will calculate the factors of 42064 and 42068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42064

Prime factors of 42064 are 2, 11, 239. Prime factorization of 42064 in exponential form is:

42064 = 2⁴ × 11¹ × 239¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42068

Prime factors of 42068 are 2, 13, 809. Prime factorization of 42068 in exponential form is:

42068 = 2² × 13¹ × 809¹

Step-3: Factors of 42064

List of positive integer factors of 42064 that divides 42064 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 44, 88, 176, 239, 478, 956, 1912, 2629, 3824, 5258, 10516, 21032

Step-4: Factors of 42068

List of positive integer factors of 42068 that divides 42064 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 809, 1618, 3236, 10517, 21034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42064 and 42068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42064 and 42068 is 4.

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