What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42146 and 42151?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42146 and 42151 is 1.

GCF(42146,42151) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42146 and 42151, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42146 and 42151.

How to find the GCF of 42146 and 42151?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42146 and 42151. After we will calculate the factors of 42146 and 42151 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42146

Prime factors of 42146 are 2, 13, 1621. Prime factorization of 42146 in exponential form is:

42146 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1621¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42151

Prime factors of 42151 are 61, 691. Prime factorization of 42151 in exponential form is:

42151 = 61¹ × 691¹

Step-3: Factors of 42146

List of positive integer factors of 42146 that divides 42146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1621, 3242, 21073

Step-4: Factors of 42151

List of positive integer factors of 42151 that divides 42146 without a remainder.

1, 61, 691

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42146 and 42151. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42146 and 42151 is 1.

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