What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42942 and 42950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42942 and 42950 is 2.

GCF(42942,42950) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42942 and 42950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42942 and 42950.

How to find the GCF of 42942 and 42950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42942 and 42950. After we will calculate the factors of 42942 and 42950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42942

Prime factors of 42942 are 2, 3, 17, 421. Prime factorization of 42942 in exponential form is:

42942 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 17¹ × 421¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42950

Prime factors of 42950 are 2, 5, 859. Prime factorization of 42950 in exponential form is:

42950 = 2¹ × 5² × 859¹

Step-3: Factors of 42942

List of positive integer factors of 42942 that divides 42942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 421, 842, 1263, 2526, 7157, 14314, 21471

Step-4: Factors of 42950

List of positive integer factors of 42950 that divides 42942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 859, 1718, 4295, 8590, 21475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42942 and 42950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42942 and 42950 is 2.

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