What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42820 and 42838?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42820 and 42838 is 2.

GCF(42820,42838) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42820 and 42838, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42820 and 42838.

How to find the GCF of 42820 and 42838?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42820 and 42838. After we will calculate the factors of 42820 and 42838 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42820

Prime factors of 42820 are 2, 5, 2141. Prime factorization of 42820 in exponential form is:

42820 = 2² × 5¹ × 2141¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42838

Prime factors of 42838 are 2, 21419. Prime factorization of 42838 in exponential form is:

42838 = 2¹ × 21419¹

Step-3: Factors of 42820

List of positive integer factors of 42820 that divides 42820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2141, 4282, 8564, 10705, 21410

Step-4: Factors of 42838

List of positive integer factors of 42838 that divides 42820 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21419

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42820 and 42838. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42820 and 42838 is 2.

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