What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42066 and 42079?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42066 and 42079 is 1.

GCF(42066,42079) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42066 and 42079, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42066 and 42079.

How to find the GCF of 42066 and 42079?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42066 and 42079. After we will calculate the factors of 42066 and 42079 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42066

Prime factors of 42066 are 2, 3, 19, 41. Prime factorization of 42066 in exponential form is:

42066 = 2¹ × 3³ × 19¹ × 41¹

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 42066

List of positive integer factors of 42066 that divides 42066 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 19, 27, 38, 41, 54, 57, 82, 114, 123, 171, 246, 342, 369, 513, 738, 779, 1026, 1107, 1558, 2214, 2337, 4674, 7011, 14022, 21033

Step-4: Factors of 42079

List of positive integer factors of 42079 that divides 42066 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42066 and 42079. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42066 and 42079 is 1.

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