What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42347 and 42365?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42347 and 42365 is 1.

GCF(42347,42365) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42347 and 42365, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42347 and 42365.

How to find the GCF of 42347 and 42365?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42347 and 42365. After we will calculate the factors of 42347 and 42365 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 42365

Prime factors of 42365 are 5, 37, 229. Prime factorization of 42365 in exponential form is:

42365 = 5¹ × 37¹ × 229¹

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 42365

List of positive integer factors of 42365 that divides 42347 without a remainder.

1, 5, 37, 185, 229, 1145, 8473

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42347 and 42365. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42347 and 42365 is 1.

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