What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42301 and 42307?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42301 and 42307 is 1.

GCF(42301,42307) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42301 and 42307, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42301 and 42307.

How to find the GCF of 42301 and 42307?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42301 and 42307. After we will calculate the factors of 42301 and 42307 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42301

Prime factors of 42301 are 7, 6043. Prime factorization of 42301 in exponential form is:

42301 = 7¹ × 6043¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42307

Prime factors of 42307 are 42307. Prime factorization of 42307 in exponential form is:

42307 = 42307¹

Step-3: Factors of 42301

List of positive integer factors of 42301 that divides 42301 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6043

Step-4: Factors of 42307

List of positive integer factors of 42307 that divides 42301 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42301 and 42307. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42301 and 42307 is 1.

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