What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42874 and 42878?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42874 and 42878 is 2.

GCF(42874,42878) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42874 and 42878, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42874 and 42878.

How to find the GCF of 42874 and 42878?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42874 and 42878. After we will calculate the factors of 42874 and 42878 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42874

Prime factors of 42874 are 2, 13, 17, 97. Prime factorization of 42874 in exponential form is:

42874 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42878

Prime factors of 42878 are 2, 11, 1949. Prime factorization of 42878 in exponential form is:

42878 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 1949¹

Step-3: Factors of 42874

List of positive integer factors of 42874 that divides 42874 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 17, 26, 34, 97, 194, 221, 442, 1261, 1649, 2522, 3298, 21437

Step-4: Factors of 42878

List of positive integer factors of 42878 that divides 42874 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 1949, 3898, 21439

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42874 and 42878. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42874 and 42878 is 2.

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