What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42195 and 42199?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42195 and 42199 is 1.

GCF(42195,42199) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42195 and 42199, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42195 and 42199.

How to find the GCF of 42195 and 42199?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42195 and 42199. After we will calculate the factors of 42195 and 42199 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42195

Prime factors of 42195 are 3, 5, 29, 97. Prime factorization of 42195 in exponential form is:

42195 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 29¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42199

Prime factors of 42199 are 19, 2221. Prime factorization of 42199 in exponential form is:

42199 = 19¹ × 2221¹

Step-3: Factors of 42195

List of positive integer factors of 42195 that divides 42195 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 29, 87, 97, 145, 291, 435, 485, 1455, 2813, 8439, 14065

Step-4: Factors of 42199

List of positive integer factors of 42199 that divides 42195 without a remainder.

1, 19, 2221

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42195 and 42199. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42195 and 42199 is 1.

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