What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42256 and 42262?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42256 and 42262 is 2.

GCF(42256,42262) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42256 and 42262, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42256 and 42262.

How to find the GCF of 42256 and 42262?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42256 and 42262. After we will calculate the factors of 42256 and 42262 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42256

Prime factors of 42256 are 2, 19, 139. Prime factorization of 42256 in exponential form is:

42256 = 2⁴ × 19¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42262

Prime factors of 42262 are 2, 11, 17, 113. Prime factorization of 42262 in exponential form is:

42262 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 17¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 42256

List of positive integer factors of 42256 that divides 42256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 19, 38, 76, 139, 152, 278, 304, 556, 1112, 2224, 2641, 5282, 10564, 21128

Step-4: Factors of 42262

List of positive integer factors of 42262 that divides 42256 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 17, 22, 34, 113, 187, 226, 374, 1243, 1921, 2486, 3842, 21131

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42256 and 42262. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42256 and 42262 is 2.

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