What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42267 and 42271?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42267 and 42271 is 1.

GCF(42267,42271) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42267 and 42271, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42267 and 42271.

How to find the GCF of 42267 and 42271?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42267 and 42271. After we will calculate the factors of 42267 and 42271 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42267

Prime factors of 42267 are 3, 73, 193. Prime factorization of 42267 in exponential form is:

42267 = 3¹ × 73¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42271

Prime factors of 42271 are 41, 1031. Prime factorization of 42271 in exponential form is:

42271 = 41¹ × 1031¹

Step-3: Factors of 42267

List of positive integer factors of 42267 that divides 42267 without a remainder.

1, 3, 73, 193, 219, 579, 14089

Step-4: Factors of 42271

List of positive integer factors of 42271 that divides 42267 without a remainder.

1, 41, 1031

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42267 and 42271. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42267 and 42271 is 1.

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