What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42818 and 42832?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42818 and 42832 is 2.

GCF(42818,42832) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42818 and 42832, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42818 and 42832.

How to find the GCF of 42818 and 42832?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42818 and 42832. After we will calculate the factors of 42818 and 42832 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42832

Prime factors of 42832 are 2, 2677. Prime factorization of 42832 in exponential form is:

42832 = 2⁴ × 2677¹

Step-3: Factors of 42818

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42832

List of positive integer factors of 42832 that divides 42818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2677, 5354, 10708, 21416

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42818 and 42832. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42818 and 42832 is 2.

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