What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42704 and 42708?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42704 and 42708 is 4.

GCF(42704,42708) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42704 and 42708, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42704 and 42708.

How to find the GCF of 42704 and 42708?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42704 and 42708. After we will calculate the factors of 42704 and 42708 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42704

Prime factors of 42704 are 2, 17, 157. Prime factorization of 42704 in exponential form is:

42704 = 2⁴ × 17¹ × 157¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42708

Prime factors of 42708 are 2, 3, 3559. Prime factorization of 42708 in exponential form is:

42708 = 2² × 3¹ × 3559¹

Step-3: Factors of 42704

List of positive integer factors of 42704 that divides 42704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 17, 34, 68, 136, 157, 272, 314, 628, 1256, 2512, 2669, 5338, 10676, 21352

Step-4: Factors of 42708

List of positive integer factors of 42708 that divides 42704 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3559, 7118, 10677, 14236, 21354

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42704 and 42708. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42704 and 42708 is 4.

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