What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42065 and 42085?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42065 and 42085 is 5.

GCF(42065,42085) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42065 and 42085, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42065 and 42085.

How to find the GCF of 42065 and 42085?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42065 and 42085. After we will calculate the factors of 42065 and 42085 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42085

Prime factors of 42085 are 5, 19, 443. Prime factorization of 42085 in exponential form is:

42085 = 5¹ × 19¹ × 443¹

Step-3: Factors of 42065

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42085

List of positive integer factors of 42085 that divides 42065 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 95, 443, 2215, 8417

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42065 and 42085. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42065 and 42085 is 5.

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