What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42079 and 42097?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42079 and 42097 is 1.

GCF(42079,42097) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42079 and 42097, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42079 and 42097.

How to find the GCF of 42079 and 42097?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42079 and 42097. After we will calculate the factors of 42079 and 42097 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 42097

Prime factors of 42097 are 11, 43, 89. Prime factorization of 42097 in exponential form is:

42097 = 11¹ × 43¹ × 89¹

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 42097

List of positive integer factors of 42097 that divides 42079 without a remainder.

1, 11, 43, 89, 473, 979, 3827

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42079 and 42097. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42079 and 42097 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42079 and 42097