What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42830 and 42835?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42830 and 42835 is 5.

GCF(42830,42835) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42830 and 42835, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42830 and 42835.

How to find the GCF of 42830 and 42835?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42830 and 42835. After we will calculate the factors of 42830 and 42835 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42830

Prime factors of 42830 are 2, 5, 4283. Prime factorization of 42830 in exponential form is:

42830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 4283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42835

Prime factors of 42835 are 5, 13, 659. Prime factorization of 42835 in exponential form is:

42835 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 42830

List of positive integer factors of 42830 that divides 42830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 4283, 8566, 21415

Step-4: Factors of 42835

List of positive integer factors of 42835 that divides 42830 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 659, 3295, 8567

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42830 and 42835. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42830 and 42835 is 5.

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