What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42205 and 42213?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42205 and 42213 is 1.

GCF(42205,42213) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42205 and 42213, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42205 and 42213.

How to find the GCF of 42205 and 42213?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42205 and 42213. After we will calculate the factors of 42205 and 42213 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42205

Prime factors of 42205 are 5, 23, 367. Prime factorization of 42205 in exponential form is:

42205 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 367¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42213

Prime factors of 42213 are 3, 14071. Prime factorization of 42213 in exponential form is:

42213 = 3¹ × 14071¹

Step-3: Factors of 42205

List of positive integer factors of 42205 that divides 42205 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 367, 1835, 8441

Step-4: Factors of 42213

List of positive integer factors of 42213 that divides 42205 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14071

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42205 and 42213. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42205 and 42213 is 1.

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