What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42135 and 42155?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42135 and 42155 is 5.

GCF(42135,42155) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42135 and 42155, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42135 and 42155.

How to find the GCF of 42135 and 42155?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42135 and 42155. After we will calculate the factors of 42135 and 42155 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42135

Prime factors of 42135 are 3, 5, 53. Prime factorization of 42135 in exponential form is:

42135 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 53²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42155

Prime factors of 42155 are 5, 8431. Prime factorization of 42155 in exponential form is:

42155 = 5¹ × 8431¹

Step-3: Factors of 42135

List of positive integer factors of 42135 that divides 42135 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 53, 159, 265, 795, 2809, 8427, 14045

Step-4: Factors of 42155

List of positive integer factors of 42155 that divides 42135 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8431

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42135 and 42155. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42135 and 42155 is 5.

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