What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42165 and 42169?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42165 and 42169 is 1.

GCF(42165,42169) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42165 and 42169, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42165 and 42169.

How to find the GCF of 42165 and 42169?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42165 and 42169. After we will calculate the factors of 42165 and 42169 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42165

Prime factors of 42165 are 3, 5, 937. Prime factorization of 42165 in exponential form is:

42165 = 3² × 5¹ × 937¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42169

Prime factors of 42169 are 42169. Prime factorization of 42169 in exponential form is:

42169 = 42169¹

Step-3: Factors of 42165

List of positive integer factors of 42165 that divides 42165 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 937, 2811, 4685, 8433, 14055

Step-4: Factors of 42169

List of positive integer factors of 42169 that divides 42165 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42165 and 42169. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42165 and 42169 is 1.

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