What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42366 and 42371?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42366 and 42371 is 1.

GCF(42366,42371) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42366 and 42371, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42366 and 42371.

How to find the GCF of 42366 and 42371?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42366 and 42371. After we will calculate the factors of 42366 and 42371 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42366

Prime factors of 42366 are 2, 3, 23, 307. Prime factorization of 42366 in exponential form is:

42366 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 307¹

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 42366

List of positive integer factors of 42366 that divides 42366 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 138, 307, 614, 921, 1842, 7061, 14122, 21183

Step-4: Factors of 42371

List of positive integer factors of 42371 that divides 42366 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6053

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42366 and 42371. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42366 and 42371 is 1.

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