What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42175 and 42191?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42175 and 42191 is 1.

GCF(42175,42191) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42175 and 42191, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42175 and 42191.

How to find the GCF of 42175 and 42191?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42175 and 42191. After we will calculate the factors of 42175 and 42191 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42191

Prime factors of 42191 are 31, 1361. Prime factorization of 42191 in exponential form is:

42191 = 31¹ × 1361¹

Step-3: Factors of 42175

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42191

List of positive integer factors of 42191 that divides 42175 without a remainder.

1, 31, 1361

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42175 and 42191. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42175 and 42191 is 1.

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