What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42182 and 42194?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42182 and 42194 is 2.

GCF(42182,42194) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42182 and 42194, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42182 and 42194.

How to find the GCF of 42182 and 42194?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42182 and 42194. After we will calculate the factors of 42182 and 42194 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42182

Prime factors of 42182 are 2, 7, 23, 131. Prime factorization of 42182 in exponential form is:

42182 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 23¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42194

Prime factors of 42194 are 2, 17, 73. Prime factorization of 42194 in exponential form is:

42194 = 2¹ × 17² × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 42182

List of positive integer factors of 42182 that divides 42182 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 23, 46, 131, 161, 262, 322, 917, 1834, 3013, 6026, 21091

Step-4: Factors of 42194

List of positive integer factors of 42194 that divides 42182 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 73, 146, 289, 578, 1241, 2482, 21097

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42182 and 42194. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42182 and 42194 is 2.

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