What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42003 and 42011?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42003 and 42011 is 1.

GCF(42003,42011) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42003 and 42011, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42003 and 42011.

How to find the GCF of 42003 and 42011?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42003 and 42011. After we will calculate the factors of 42003 and 42011 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42003

Prime factors of 42003 are 3, 13, 359. Prime factorization of 42003 in exponential form is:

42003 = 3² × 13¹ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42011

Prime factors of 42011 are 43, 977. Prime factorization of 42011 in exponential form is:

42011 = 43¹ × 977¹

Step-3: Factors of 42003

List of positive integer factors of 42003 that divides 42003 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 13, 39, 117, 359, 1077, 3231, 4667, 14001

Step-4: Factors of 42011

List of positive integer factors of 42011 that divides 42003 without a remainder.

1, 43, 977

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42003 and 42011. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42003 and 42011 is 1.

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