What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42152 and 42159?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42152 and 42159 is 1.

GCF(42152,42159) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42152 and 42159, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42152 and 42159.

How to find the GCF of 42152 and 42159?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42152 and 42159. After we will calculate the factors of 42152 and 42159 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42152

Prime factors of 42152 are 2, 11, 479. Prime factorization of 42152 in exponential form is:

42152 = 2³ × 11¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42159

Prime factors of 42159 are 3, 13, 23, 47. Prime factorization of 42159 in exponential form is:

42159 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 23¹ × 47¹

Step-3: Factors of 42152

List of positive integer factors of 42152 that divides 42152 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88, 479, 958, 1916, 3832, 5269, 10538, 21076

Step-4: Factors of 42159

List of positive integer factors of 42159 that divides 42152 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 23, 39, 47, 69, 141, 299, 611, 897, 1081, 1833, 3243, 14053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42152 and 42159. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42152 and 42159 is 1.

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