What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42162 and 42175?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42162 and 42175 is 1.

GCF(42162,42175) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42162 and 42175, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42162 and 42175.

How to find the GCF of 42162 and 42175?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42162 and 42175. After we will calculate the factors of 42162 and 42175 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42162

Prime factors of 42162 are 2, 3, 7027. Prime factorization of 42162 in exponential form is:

42162 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7027¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42175

Prime factors of 42175 are 5, 7, 241. Prime factorization of 42175 in exponential form is:

42175 = 5² × 7¹ × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 42162

List of positive integer factors of 42162 that divides 42162 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7027, 14054, 21081

Step-4: Factors of 42175

List of positive integer factors of 42175 that divides 42162 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 175, 241, 1205, 1687, 6025, 8435

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42162 and 42175. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42162 and 42175 is 1.

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