What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42166 and 42185?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42166 and 42185 is 1.

GCF(42166,42185) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42166 and 42185, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42166 and 42185.

How to find the GCF of 42166 and 42185?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42166 and 42185. After we will calculate the factors of 42166 and 42185 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42166

Prime factors of 42166 are 2, 29, 727. Prime factorization of 42166 in exponential form is:

42166 = 2¹ × 29¹ × 727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42185

Prime factors of 42185 are 5, 11, 13, 59. Prime factorization of 42185 in exponential form is:

42185 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 42166

List of positive integer factors of 42166 that divides 42166 without a remainder.

1, 2, 29, 58, 727, 1454, 21083

Step-4: Factors of 42185

List of positive integer factors of 42185 that divides 42166 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 13, 55, 59, 65, 143, 295, 649, 715, 767, 3245, 3835, 8437

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42166 and 42185. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42166 and 42185 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42166 and 42185