What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42750 and 42758?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42750 and 42758 is 2.

GCF(42750,42758) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42750 and 42758, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42750 and 42758.

How to find the GCF of 42750 and 42758?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42750 and 42758. After we will calculate the factors of 42750 and 42758 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42750

Prime factors of 42750 are 2, 3, 5, 19. Prime factorization of 42750 in exponential form is:

42750 = 2¹ × 3² × 5³ × 19¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42758

Prime factors of 42758 are 2, 21379. Prime factorization of 42758 in exponential form is:

42758 = 2¹ × 21379¹

Step-3: Factors of 42750

List of positive integer factors of 42750 that divides 42750 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 19, 25, 30, 38, 45, 50, 57, 75, 90, 95, 114, 125, 150, 171, 190, 225, 250, 285, 342, 375, 450, 475, 570, 750, 855, 950, 1125, 1425, 1710, 2250, 2375, 2850, 4275, 4750, 7125, 8550, 14250, 21375

Step-4: Factors of 42758

List of positive integer factors of 42758 that divides 42750 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21379

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42750 and 42758. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42750 and 42758 is 2.

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