What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42359 and 42369?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42359 and 42369 is 1.

GCF(42359,42369) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42359 and 42369, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42359 and 42369.

How to find the GCF of 42359 and 42369?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42359 and 42369. After we will calculate the factors of 42359 and 42369 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42359

Prime factors of 42359 are 42359. Prime factorization of 42359 in exponential form is:

42359 = 42359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42369

Prime factors of 42369 are 3, 29, 487. Prime factorization of 42369 in exponential form is:

42369 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 487¹

Step-3: Factors of 42359

List of positive integer factors of 42359 that divides 42359 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42369

List of positive integer factors of 42369 that divides 42359 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 487, 1461, 14123

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42359 and 42369. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42359 and 42369 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42359 and 42369