What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42724 and 42730?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42724 and 42730 is 2.

GCF(42724,42730) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42724 and 42730, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42724 and 42730.

How to find the GCF of 42724 and 42730?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42724 and 42730. After we will calculate the factors of 42724 and 42730 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42730

Prime factors of 42730 are 2, 5, 4273. Prime factorization of 42730 in exponential form is:

42730 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4273¹

Step-3: Factors of 42724

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42730

List of positive integer factors of 42730 that divides 42724 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4273, 8546, 21365

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42724 and 42730. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42724 and 42730 is 2.

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