What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42600 and 42610?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42600 and 42610 is 10.

GCF(42600,42610) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42600 and 42610, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42600 and 42610.

How to find the GCF of 42600 and 42610?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42600 and 42610. After we will calculate the factors of 42600 and 42610 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42600

Prime factors of 42600 are 2, 3, 5, 71. Prime factorization of 42600 in exponential form is:

42600 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5² × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42610

Prime factors of 42610 are 2, 5, 4261. Prime factorization of 42610 in exponential form is:

42610 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4261¹

Step-3: Factors of 42600

List of positive integer factors of 42600 that divides 42600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 25, 30, 40, 50, 60, 71, 75, 100, 120, 142, 150, 200, 213, 284, 300, 355, 426, 568, 600, 710, 852, 1065, 1420, 1704, 1775, 2130, 2840, 3550, 4260, 5325, 7100, 8520, 10650, 14200, 21300

Step-4: Factors of 42610

List of positive integer factors of 42610 that divides 42600 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4261, 8522, 21305

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42600 and 42610. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42600 and 42610 is 10.

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