What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42358 and 42371?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42358 and 42371 is 1.

GCF(42358,42371) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42358 and 42371, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42358 and 42371.

How to find the GCF of 42358 and 42371?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42358 and 42371. After we will calculate the factors of 42358 and 42371 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42358

Prime factors of 42358 are 2, 21179. Prime factorization of 42358 in exponential form is:

42358 = 2¹ × 21179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42371

Prime factors of 42371 are 7, 6053. Prime factorization of 42371 in exponential form is:

42371 = 7¹ × 6053¹

Step-3: Factors of 42358

List of positive integer factors of 42358 that divides 42358 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21179

Step-4: Factors of 42371

List of positive integer factors of 42371 that divides 42358 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42358 and 42371. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42358 and 42371 is 1.

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