What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42301 and 42308?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42301 and 42308 is 7.

GCF(42301,42308) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42301 and 42308, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42301 and 42308.

How to find the GCF of 42301 and 42308?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42301 and 42308. After we will calculate the factors of 42301 and 42308 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42301

Prime factors of 42301 are 7, 6043. Prime factorization of 42301 in exponential form is:

42301 = 7¹ × 6043¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42308

Prime factors of 42308 are 2, 7, 1511. Prime factorization of 42308 in exponential form is:

42308 = 2² × 7¹ × 1511¹

Step-3: Factors of 42301

List of positive integer factors of 42301 that divides 42301 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6043

Step-4: Factors of 42308

List of positive integer factors of 42308 that divides 42301 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1511, 3022, 6044, 10577, 21154

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42301 and 42308. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42301 and 42308 is 7.

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