What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42106 and 42114?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42106 and 42114 is 2.

GCF(42106,42114) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42106 and 42114, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42106 and 42114.

How to find the GCF of 42106 and 42114?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42106 and 42114. After we will calculate the factors of 42106 and 42114 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42106

Prime factors of 42106 are 2, 37, 569. Prime factorization of 42106 in exponential form is:

42106 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 569¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42114

Prime factors of 42114 are 2, 3, 7019. Prime factorization of 42114 in exponential form is:

42114 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7019¹

Step-3: Factors of 42106

List of positive integer factors of 42106 that divides 42106 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 569, 1138, 21053

Step-4: Factors of 42114

List of positive integer factors of 42114 that divides 42106 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7019, 14038, 21057

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42106 and 42114. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42106 and 42114 is 2.

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