What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42058 and 42065?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42058 and 42065 is 1.

GCF(42058,42065) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42058 and 42065, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42058 and 42065.

How to find the GCF of 42058 and 42065?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42058 and 42065. After we will calculate the factors of 42058 and 42065 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42058

Prime factors of 42058 are 2, 17, 1237. Prime factorization of 42058 in exponential form is:

42058 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 1237¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42065

Prime factors of 42065 are 5, 47, 179. Prime factorization of 42065 in exponential form is:

42065 = 5¹ × 47¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 42058

List of positive integer factors of 42058 that divides 42058 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 1237, 2474, 21029

Step-4: Factors of 42065

List of positive integer factors of 42065 that divides 42058 without a remainder.

1, 5, 47, 179, 235, 895, 8413

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42058 and 42065. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42058 and 42065 is 1.

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