What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42760 and 42770?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42760 and 42770 is 10.

GCF(42760,42770) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42760 and 42770, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42760 and 42770.

How to find the GCF of 42760 and 42770?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42760 and 42770. After we will calculate the factors of 42760 and 42770 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42760

Prime factors of 42760 are 2, 5, 1069. Prime factorization of 42760 in exponential form is:

42760 = 2³ × 5¹ × 1069¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42770

Prime factors of 42770 are 2, 5, 7, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 42770 in exponential form is:

42770 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 42760

List of positive integer factors of 42760 that divides 42760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 1069, 2138, 4276, 5345, 8552, 10690, 21380

Step-4: Factors of 42770

List of positive integer factors of 42770 that divides 42760 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 14, 26, 35, 47, 65, 70, 91, 94, 130, 182, 235, 329, 455, 470, 611, 658, 910, 1222, 1645, 3055, 3290, 4277, 6110, 8554, 21385

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42760 and 42770. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42760 and 42770 is 10.

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