What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42121 and 42125?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42121 and 42125 is 1.

GCF(42121,42125) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42121 and 42125, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42121 and 42125.

How to find the GCF of 42121 and 42125?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42121 and 42125. After we will calculate the factors of 42121 and 42125 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42121

Prime factors of 42121 are 73, 577. Prime factorization of 42121 in exponential form is:

42121 = 73¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42125

Prime factors of 42125 are 5, 337. Prime factorization of 42125 in exponential form is:

42125 = 5³ × 337¹

Step-3: Factors of 42121

List of positive integer factors of 42121 that divides 42121 without a remainder.

1, 73, 577

Step-4: Factors of 42125

List of positive integer factors of 42125 that divides 42121 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 125, 337, 1685, 8425

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42121 and 42125. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42121 and 42125 is 1.

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