What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42362 and 42367?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42362 and 42367 is 1.

GCF(42362,42367) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42362 and 42367, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42362 and 42367.

How to find the GCF of 42362 and 42367?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42362 and 42367. After we will calculate the factors of 42362 and 42367 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42367

Prime factors of 42367 are 13, 3259. Prime factorization of 42367 in exponential form is:

42367 = 13¹ × 3259¹

Step-3: Factors of 42362

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42367

List of positive integer factors of 42367 that divides 42362 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42362 and 42367. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42362 and 42367 is 1.

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