What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42004 and 42009?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42004 and 42009 is 1.

GCF(42004,42009) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42004 and 42009, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42004 and 42009.

How to find the GCF of 42004 and 42009?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42004 and 42009. After we will calculate the factors of 42004 and 42009 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42004

Prime factors of 42004 are 2, 10501. Prime factorization of 42004 in exponential form is:

42004 = 2² × 10501¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42009

Prime factors of 42009 are 3, 11, 19, 67. Prime factorization of 42009 in exponential form is:

42009 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 19¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 42004

List of positive integer factors of 42004 that divides 42004 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10501, 21002

Step-4: Factors of 42009

List of positive integer factors of 42009 that divides 42004 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 19, 33, 57, 67, 201, 209, 627, 737, 1273, 2211, 3819, 14003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42004 and 42009. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42004 and 42009 is 1.

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