What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42176 and 42196?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42176 and 42196 is 4.

GCF(42176,42196) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42176 and 42196, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42176 and 42196.

How to find the GCF of 42176 and 42196?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42176 and 42196. After we will calculate the factors of 42176 and 42196 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42176

Prime factors of 42176 are 2, 659. Prime factorization of 42176 in exponential form is:

42176 = 2⁶ × 659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42196

Prime factors of 42196 are 2, 7, 11, 137. Prime factorization of 42196 in exponential form is:

42196 = 2² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 137¹

Step-3: Factors of 42176

List of positive integer factors of 42176 that divides 42176 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 659, 1318, 2636, 5272, 10544, 21088

Step-4: Factors of 42196

List of positive integer factors of 42196 that divides 42176 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 22, 28, 44, 77, 137, 154, 274, 308, 548, 959, 1507, 1918, 3014, 3836, 6028, 10549, 21098

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42176 and 42196. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42176 and 42196 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42176 and 42196