What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42098 and 42103?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42098 and 42103 is 1.

GCF(42098,42103) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42098 and 42103, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42098 and 42103.

How to find the GCF of 42098 and 42103?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42098 and 42103. After we will calculate the factors of 42098 and 42103 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42098

Prime factors of 42098 are 2, 7, 31, 97. Prime factorization of 42098 in exponential form is:

42098 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 31¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42103

Prime factors of 42103 are 71, 593. Prime factorization of 42103 in exponential form is:

42103 = 71¹ × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 42098

List of positive integer factors of 42098 that divides 42098 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 31, 62, 97, 194, 217, 434, 679, 1358, 3007, 6014, 21049

Step-4: Factors of 42103

List of positive integer factors of 42103 that divides 42098 without a remainder.

1, 71, 593

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42098 and 42103. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42098 and 42103 is 1.

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