What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42137 and 42143?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42137 and 42143 is 1.

GCF(42137,42143) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42137 and 42143, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42137 and 42143.

How to find the GCF of 42137 and 42143?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42137 and 42143. After we will calculate the factors of 42137 and 42143 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42137

Prime factors of 42137 are 29, 1453. Prime factorization of 42137 in exponential form is:

42137 = 29¹ × 1453¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42143

Prime factors of 42143 are 17, 37, 67. Prime factorization of 42143 in exponential form is:

42143 = 17¹ × 37¹ × 67¹

Step-3: Factors of 42137

List of positive integer factors of 42137 that divides 42137 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1453

Step-4: Factors of 42143

List of positive integer factors of 42143 that divides 42137 without a remainder.

1, 17, 37, 67, 629, 1139, 2479

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42137 and 42143. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42137 and 42143 is 1.

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