What is the Greatest Common Factor of 34242 and 34259?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 34242 and 34259 is 1.

GCF(34242,34259) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 34242 and 34259, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 34242 and 34259.

How to find the GCF of 34242 and 34259?

We will first find the prime factorization of 34242 and 34259. After we will calculate the factors of 34242 and 34259 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 34242

Prime factors of 34242 are 2, 3, 13, 439. Prime factorization of 34242 in exponential form is:

34242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 34259

Prime factors of 34259 are 34259. Prime factorization of 34259 in exponential form is:

34259 = 34259¹

Step-3: Factors of 34242

List of positive integer factors of 34242 that divides 34242 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 13, 26, 39, 78, 439, 878, 1317, 2634, 5707, 11414, 17121

Step-4: Factors of 34259

List of positive integer factors of 34259 that divides 34242 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 34242 and 34259. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 34242 and 34259 is 1.

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