What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42384 and 42394?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42384 and 42394 is 2.

GCF(42384,42394) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42384 and 42394, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42384 and 42394.

How to find the GCF of 42384 and 42394?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42384 and 42394. After we will calculate the factors of 42384 and 42394 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42384

Prime factors of 42384 are 2, 3, 883. Prime factorization of 42384 in exponential form is:

42384 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42394

Prime factors of 42394 are 2, 11, 41, 47. Prime factorization of 42394 in exponential form is:

42394 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 41¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 42384

List of positive integer factors of 42384 that divides 42384 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 883, 1766, 2649, 3532, 5298, 7064, 10596, 14128, 21192

Step-4: Factors of 42394

List of positive integer factors of 42394 that divides 42384 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 41, 47, 82, 94, 451, 517, 902, 1034, 1927, 3854, 21197

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42384 and 42394. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42384 and 42394 is 2.

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