What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42190 and 42205?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42190 and 42205 is 5.

GCF(42190,42205) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42190 and 42205, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42190 and 42205.

How to find the GCF of 42190 and 42205?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42190 and 42205. After we will calculate the factors of 42190 and 42205 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42190

Prime factors of 42190 are 2, 5, 4219. Prime factorization of 42190 in exponential form is:

42190 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4219¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42205

Prime factors of 42205 are 5, 23, 367. Prime factorization of 42205 in exponential form is:

42205 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 367¹

Step-3: Factors of 42190

List of positive integer factors of 42190 that divides 42190 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4219, 8438, 21095

Step-4: Factors of 42205

List of positive integer factors of 42205 that divides 42190 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 367, 1835, 8441

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42190 and 42205. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42190 and 42205 is 5.

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