What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42353 and 42362?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42353 and 42362 is 1.

GCF(42353,42362) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42353 and 42362, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42353 and 42362.

How to find the GCF of 42353 and 42362?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42353 and 42362. After we will calculate the factors of 42353 and 42362 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42353

Prime factors of 42353 are 41, 1033. Prime factorization of 42353 in exponential form is:

42353 = 41¹ × 1033¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42362

Prime factors of 42362 are 2, 59, 359. Prime factorization of 42362 in exponential form is:

42362 = 2¹ × 59¹ × 359¹

Step-3: Factors of 42353

List of positive integer factors of 42353 that divides 42353 without a remainder.

1, 41, 1033

Step-4: Factors of 42362

List of positive integer factors of 42362 that divides 42353 without a remainder.

1, 2, 59, 118, 359, 718, 21181

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42353 and 42362. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42353 and 42362 is 1.

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