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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42916 and 42934?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42916 and 42934 is 2.

GCF(42916,42934) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42916 and 42934, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42916 and 42934.

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How to find the GCF of 42916 and 42934?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42916 and 42934. After we will calculate the factors of 42916 and 42934 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42916

Prime factors of 42916 are 2, 10729. Prime factorization of 42916 in exponential form is:

42916 = 22 × 107291

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42934

Prime factors of 42934 are 2, 21467. Prime factorization of 42934 in exponential form is:

42934 = 21 × 214671

Step-3: Factors of 42916

List of positive integer factors of 42916 that divides 42916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10729, 21458

Step-4: Factors of 42934

List of positive integer factors of 42934 that divides 42916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21467

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42916 and 42934. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42916 and 42934 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42916 and 42934