What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42233 and 42251?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42233 and 42251 is 1.

GCF(42233,42251) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42233 and 42251, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42233 and 42251.

How to find the GCF of 42233 and 42251?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42233 and 42251. After we will calculate the factors of 42233 and 42251 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42233

Prime factors of 42233 are 157, 269. Prime factorization of 42233 in exponential form is:

42233 = 157¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42251

Prime factors of 42251 are 11, 23, 167. Prime factorization of 42251 in exponential form is:

42251 = 11¹ × 23¹ × 167¹

Step-3: Factors of 42233

List of positive integer factors of 42233 that divides 42233 without a remainder.

1, 157, 269

Step-4: Factors of 42251

List of positive integer factors of 42251 that divides 42233 without a remainder.

1, 11, 23, 167, 253, 1837, 3841

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42233 and 42251. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42233 and 42251 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42233 and 42251