What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42082 and 42088?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42082 and 42088 is 2.

GCF(42082,42088) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42082 and 42088, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42082 and 42088.

How to find the GCF of 42082 and 42088?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42082 and 42088. After we will calculate the factors of 42082 and 42088 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42082

Prime factors of 42082 are 2, 53, 397. Prime factorization of 42082 in exponential form is:

42082 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42088

Prime factors of 42088 are 2, 5261. Prime factorization of 42088 in exponential form is:

42088 = 2³ × 5261¹

Step-3: Factors of 42082

List of positive integer factors of 42082 that divides 42082 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 397, 794, 21041

Step-4: Factors of 42088

List of positive integer factors of 42088 that divides 42082 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 5261, 10522, 21044

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42082 and 42088. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42082 and 42088 is 2.

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