What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42144 and 42149?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42144 and 42149 is 1.

GCF(42144,42149) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42144 and 42149, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42144 and 42149.

How to find the GCF of 42144 and 42149?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42144 and 42149. After we will calculate the factors of 42144 and 42149 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42144

Prime factors of 42144 are 2, 3, 439. Prime factorization of 42144 in exponential form is:

42144 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42149

Prime factors of 42149 are 113, 373. Prime factorization of 42149 in exponential form is:

42149 = 113¹ × 373¹

Step-3: Factors of 42144

List of positive integer factors of 42144 that divides 42144 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 439, 878, 1317, 1756, 2634, 3512, 5268, 7024, 10536, 14048, 21072

Step-4: Factors of 42149

List of positive integer factors of 42149 that divides 42144 without a remainder.

1, 113, 373

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42144 and 42149. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42144 and 42149 is 1.

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