What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42848 and 42862?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42848 and 42862 is 2.

GCF(42848,42862) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42848 and 42862, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42848 and 42862.

How to find the GCF of 42848 and 42862?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42848 and 42862. After we will calculate the factors of 42848 and 42862 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42848

Prime factors of 42848 are 2, 13, 103. Prime factorization of 42848 in exponential form is:

42848 = 2⁵ × 13¹ × 103¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42862

Prime factors of 42862 are 2, 29, 739. Prime factorization of 42862 in exponential form is:

42862 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 42848

List of positive integer factors of 42848 that divides 42848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 13, 16, 26, 32, 52, 103, 104, 206, 208, 412, 416, 824, 1339, 1648, 2678, 3296, 5356, 10712, 21424

Step-4: Factors of 42862

List of positive integer factors of 42862 that divides 42848 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 739, 1478, 21431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42848 and 42862. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42848 and 42862 is 2.

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