What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42355 and 42363?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42355 and 42363 is 1.

GCF(42355,42363) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42355 and 42363, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42355 and 42363.

How to find the GCF of 42355 and 42363?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42355 and 42363. After we will calculate the factors of 42355 and 42363 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42355

Prime factors of 42355 are 5, 43, 197. Prime factorization of 42355 in exponential form is:

42355 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42363

Prime factors of 42363 are 3, 523. Prime factorization of 42363 in exponential form is:

42363 = 3⁴ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 42355

List of positive integer factors of 42355 that divides 42355 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 197, 215, 985, 8471

Step-4: Factors of 42363

List of positive integer factors of 42363 that divides 42355 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 523, 1569, 4707, 14121

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42355 and 42363. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42355 and 42363 is 1.

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