What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72038 and 72042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72038 and 72042 is 2.

GCF(72038,72042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72038 and 72042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72038 and 72042.

How to find the GCF of 72038 and 72042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72038 and 72042. After we will calculate the factors of 72038 and 72042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72038

Prime factors of 72038 are 2, 181, 199. Prime factorization of 72038 in exponential form is:

72038 = 2¹ × 181¹ × 199¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72042

Prime factors of 72042 are 2, 3, 12007. Prime factorization of 72042 in exponential form is:

72042 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 12007¹

Step-3: Factors of 72038

List of positive integer factors of 72038 that divides 72038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 181, 199, 362, 398, 36019

Step-4: Factors of 72042

List of positive integer factors of 72042 that divides 72038 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 12007, 24014, 36021

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72038 and 72042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72038 and 72042 is 2.

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