What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42079 and 42093?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42079 and 42093 is 1.

GCF(42079,42093) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42079 and 42093, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42079 and 42093.

How to find the GCF of 42079 and 42093?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42079 and 42093. After we will calculate the factors of 42079 and 42093 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42079

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

42079 = 29¹ × 1451¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42093

Prime factors of 42093 are 3, 1559. Prime factorization of 42093 in exponential form is:

42093 = 3³ × 1559¹

Step-3: Factors of 42079

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

1, 29, 1451

Step-4: Factors of 42093

List of positive integer factors of 42093 that divides 42079 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 1559, 4677, 14031

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42079 and 42093. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42079 and 42093 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42079 and 42093