What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42187 and 42201?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42187 and 42201 is 1.

GCF(42187,42201) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42187 and 42201, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42187 and 42201.

How to find the GCF of 42187 and 42201?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42187 and 42201. After we will calculate the factors of 42187 and 42201 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42187

Prime factors of 42187 are 42187. Prime factorization of 42187 in exponential form is:

42187 = 42187¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42201

Prime factors of 42201 are 3, 521. Prime factorization of 42201 in exponential form is:

42201 = 3⁴ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 42187

List of positive integer factors of 42187 that divides 42187 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42201

List of positive integer factors of 42201 that divides 42187 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 521, 1563, 4689, 14067

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42187 and 42201. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42187 and 42201 is 1.

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