What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42070 and 42086?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42070 and 42086 is 2.

GCF(42070,42086) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42070 and 42086, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42070 and 42086.

How to find the GCF of 42070 and 42086?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42070 and 42086. After we will calculate the factors of 42070 and 42086 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42070

Prime factors of 42070 are 2, 5, 7, 601. Prime factorization of 42070 in exponential form is:

42070 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 601¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42086

Prime factors of 42086 are 2, 11, 1913. Prime factorization of 42086 in exponential form is:

42086 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1913¹

Step-3: Factors of 42070

List of positive integer factors of 42070 that divides 42070 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 35, 70, 601, 1202, 3005, 4207, 6010, 8414, 21035

Step-4: Factors of 42086

List of positive integer factors of 42086 that divides 42070 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1913, 3826, 21043

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42070 and 42086. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42070 and 42086 is 2.

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