What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42742 and 42746?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42742 and 42746 is 2.

GCF(42742,42746) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42742 and 42746, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42742 and 42746.

How to find the GCF of 42742 and 42746?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42742 and 42746. After we will calculate the factors of 42742 and 42746 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42742

Prime factors of 42742 are 2, 7, 43, 71. Prime factorization of 42742 in exponential form is:

42742 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 43¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42746

Prime factors of 42746 are 2, 11, 29, 67. Prime factorization of 42746 in exponential form is:

42746 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 29¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 42742

List of positive integer factors of 42742 that divides 42742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 43, 71, 86, 142, 301, 497, 602, 994, 3053, 6106, 21371

Step-4: Factors of 42746

List of positive integer factors of 42746 that divides 42742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 29, 58, 67, 134, 319, 638, 737, 1474, 1943, 3886, 21373

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42742 and 42746. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42742 and 42746 is 2.

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