What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42347 and 42360?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42347 and 42360 is 1.

GCF(42347,42360) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42347 and 42360, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42347 and 42360.

How to find the GCF of 42347 and 42360?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42347 and 42360. After we will calculate the factors of 42347 and 42360 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42347

Prime factors of 42347 are 17, 47, 53. Prime factorization of 42347 in exponential form is:

42347 = 17¹ × 47¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42360

Prime factors of 42360 are 2, 3, 5, 353. Prime factorization of 42360 in exponential form is:

42360 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 42347

List of positive integer factors of 42347 that divides 42347 without a remainder.

1, 17, 47, 53, 799, 901, 2491

Step-4: Factors of 42360

List of positive integer factors of 42360 that divides 42347 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 30, 40, 60, 120, 353, 706, 1059, 1412, 1765, 2118, 2824, 3530, 4236, 5295, 7060, 8472, 10590, 14120, 21180

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42347 and 42360. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42347 and 42360 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42347 and 42360