What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42141 and 42145?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42141 and 42145 is 1.

GCF(42141,42145) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42141 and 42145, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42141 and 42145.

How to find the GCF of 42141 and 42145?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42141 and 42145. After we will calculate the factors of 42141 and 42145 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42141

Prime factors of 42141 are 3, 11, 1277. Prime factorization of 42141 in exponential form is:

42141 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1277¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42145

Prime factors of 42145 are 5, 8429. Prime factorization of 42145 in exponential form is:

42145 = 5¹ × 8429¹

Step-3: Factors of 42141

List of positive integer factors of 42141 that divides 42141 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1277, 3831, 14047

Step-4: Factors of 42145

List of positive integer factors of 42145 that divides 42141 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8429

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42141 and 42145. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42141 and 42145 is 1.

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