What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42063 and 42079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42063 and 42079 is 1.

GCF(42063,42079) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42063 and 42079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42063 and 42079.

How to find the GCF of 42063 and 42079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42063 and 42079. After we will calculate the factors of 42063 and 42079 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42063

Prime factors of 42063 are 3, 7, 2003. Prime factorization of 42063 in exponential form is:

42063 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 2003¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42079

Prime factors of 42079 are 29, 1451. Prime factorization of 42079 in exponential form is:

42079 = 29¹ × 1451¹

Step-3: Factors of 42063

List of positive integer factors of 42063 that divides 42063 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 2003, 6009, 14021

Step-4: Factors of 42079

List of positive integer factors of 42079 that divides 42063 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42063 and 42079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42063 and 42079 is 1.

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