What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42100 and 42110?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42100 and 42110 is 10.

GCF(42100,42110) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42100 and 42110, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42100 and 42110.

How to find the GCF of 42100 and 42110?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42100 and 42110. After we will calculate the factors of 42100 and 42110 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42100

Prime factors of 42100 are 2, 5, 421. Prime factorization of 42100 in exponential form is:

42100 = 2² × 5² × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42110

Prime factors of 42110 are 2, 5, 4211. Prime factorization of 42110 in exponential form is:

42110 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4211¹

Step-3: Factors of 42100

List of positive integer factors of 42100 that divides 42100 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 421, 842, 1684, 2105, 4210, 8420, 10525, 21050

Step-4: Factors of 42110

List of positive integer factors of 42110 that divides 42100 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4211, 8422, 21055

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42100 and 42110. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42100 and 42110 is 10.

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