What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42005 and 42014?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42005 and 42014 is 1.

GCF(42005,42014) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42005 and 42014, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42005 and 42014.

How to find the GCF of 42005 and 42014?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42005 and 42014. After we will calculate the factors of 42005 and 42014 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42005

Prime factors of 42005 are 5, 31, 271. Prime factorization of 42005 in exponential form is:

42005 = 5¹ × 31¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42014

Prime factors of 42014 are 2, 7, 3001. Prime factorization of 42014 in exponential form is:

42014 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3001¹

Step-3: Factors of 42005

List of positive integer factors of 42005 that divides 42005 without a remainder.

1, 5, 31, 155, 271, 1355, 8401

Step-4: Factors of 42014

List of positive integer factors of 42014 that divides 42005 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3001, 6002, 21007

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42005 and 42014. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42005 and 42014 is 1.

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