What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42051 and 42056?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42051 and 42056 is 1.

GCF(42051,42056) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42051 and 42056, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42051 and 42056.

How to find the GCF of 42051 and 42056?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42051 and 42056. After we will calculate the factors of 42051 and 42056 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42051

Prime factors of 42051 are 3, 107, 131. Prime factorization of 42051 in exponential form is:

42051 = 3¹ × 107¹ × 131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42056

Prime factors of 42056 are 2, 7, 751. Prime factorization of 42056 in exponential form is:

42056 = 2³ × 7¹ × 751¹

Step-3: Factors of 42051

List of positive integer factors of 42051 that divides 42051 without a remainder.

1, 3, 107, 131, 321, 393, 14017

Step-4: Factors of 42056

List of positive integer factors of 42056 that divides 42051 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 751, 1502, 3004, 5257, 6008, 10514, 21028

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42051 and 42056. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42051 and 42056 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42051 and 42056