What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42061 and 42068?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42061 and 42068 is 1.

GCF(42061,42068) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42061 and 42068, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42061 and 42068.

How to find the GCF of 42061 and 42068?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42061 and 42068. After we will calculate the factors of 42061 and 42068 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42061

Prime factors of 42061 are 42061. Prime factorization of 42061 in exponential form is:

42061 = 42061¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42068

Prime factors of 42068 are 2, 13, 809. Prime factorization of 42068 in exponential form is:

42068 = 2² × 13¹ × 809¹

Step-3: Factors of 42061

List of positive integer factors of 42061 that divides 42061 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42068

List of positive integer factors of 42068 that divides 42061 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 52, 809, 1618, 3236, 10517, 21034

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42061 and 42068. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42061 and 42068 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42061 and 42068