What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42162 and 42178?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42162 and 42178 is 2.

GCF(42162,42178) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42162 and 42178, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42162 and 42178.

How to find the GCF of 42162 and 42178?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42162 and 42178. After we will calculate the factors of 42162 and 42178 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42162

Prime factors of 42162 are 2, 3, 7027. Prime factorization of 42162 in exponential form is:

42162 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7027¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42178

Prime factors of 42178 are 2, 21089. Prime factorization of 42178 in exponential form is:

42178 = 2¹ × 21089¹

Step-3: Factors of 42162

List of positive integer factors of 42162 that divides 42162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7027, 14054, 21081

Step-4: Factors of 42178

List of positive integer factors of 42178 that divides 42162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42162 and 42178. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42162 and 42178 is 2.

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