What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42041 and 42045?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42041 and 42045 is 1.

GCF(42041,42045) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42041 and 42045, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42041 and 42045.

How to find the GCF of 42041 and 42045?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42041 and 42045. After we will calculate the factors of 42041 and 42045 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42041

Prime factors of 42041 are 17, 2473. Prime factorization of 42041 in exponential form is:

42041 = 17¹ × 2473¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42045

Prime factors of 42045 are 3, 5, 2803. Prime factorization of 42045 in exponential form is:

42045 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 2803¹

Step-3: Factors of 42041

List of positive integer factors of 42041 that divides 42041 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2473

Step-4: Factors of 42045

List of positive integer factors of 42045 that divides 42041 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 2803, 8409, 14015

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42041 and 42045. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42041 and 42045 is 1.

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