What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42116 and 42123?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42116 and 42123 is 1.

GCF(42116,42123) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42116 and 42123, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42116 and 42123.

How to find the GCF of 42116 and 42123?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42116 and 42123. After we will calculate the factors of 42116 and 42123 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42116

Prime factors of 42116 are 2, 10529. Prime factorization of 42116 in exponential form is:

42116 = 2² × 10529¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42123

Prime factors of 42123 are 3, 19, 739. Prime factorization of 42123 in exponential form is:

42123 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 42116

List of positive integer factors of 42116 that divides 42116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 10529, 21058

Step-4: Factors of 42123

List of positive integer factors of 42123 that divides 42116 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 739, 2217, 14041

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42116 and 42123. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42116 and 42123 is 1.

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