What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42197 and 42211?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42197 and 42211 is 1.

GCF(42197,42211) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42197 and 42211, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42197 and 42211.

How to find the GCF of 42197 and 42211?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42197 and 42211. After we will calculate the factors of 42197 and 42211 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42197

Prime factors of 42197 are 42197. Prime factorization of 42197 in exponential form is:

42197 = 42197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42211

Prime factors of 42211 are 13, 17, 191. Prime factorization of 42211 in exponential form is:

42211 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 42197

List of positive integer factors of 42197 that divides 42197 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42211

List of positive integer factors of 42211 that divides 42197 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 191, 221, 2483, 3247

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42197 and 42211. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42197 and 42211 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42197 and 42211