What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42812 and 42818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42812 and 42818 is 2.

GCF(42812,42818) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42812 and 42818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42812 and 42818.

How to find the GCF of 42812 and 42818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42812 and 42818. After we will calculate the factors of 42812 and 42818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42812

Prime factors of 42812 are 2, 7, 11, 139. Prime factorization of 42812 in exponential form is:

42812 = 2² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42818

Prime factors of 42818 are 2, 79, 271. Prime factorization of 42818 in exponential form is:

42818 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 42812

List of positive integer factors of 42812 that divides 42812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 22, 28, 44, 77, 139, 154, 278, 308, 556, 973, 1529, 1946, 3058, 3892, 6116, 10703, 21406

Step-4: Factors of 42818

List of positive integer factors of 42818 that divides 42812 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 271, 542, 21409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42812 and 42818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42812 and 42818 is 2.

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