What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42710 and 42724?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42710 and 42724 is 2.

GCF(42710,42724) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42710 and 42724, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42710 and 42724.

How to find the GCF of 42710 and 42724?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42710 and 42724. After we will calculate the factors of 42710 and 42724 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42710

Prime factors of 42710 are 2, 5, 4271. Prime factorization of 42710 in exponential form is:

42710 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42724

Prime factors of 42724 are 2, 11, 971. Prime factorization of 42724 in exponential form is:

42724 = 2² × 11¹ × 971¹

Step-3: Factors of 42710

List of positive integer factors of 42710 that divides 42710 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4271, 8542, 21355

Step-4: Factors of 42724

List of positive integer factors of 42724 that divides 42710 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 971, 1942, 3884, 10681, 21362

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42710 and 42724. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42710 and 42724 is 2.

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