What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42368 and 42373?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42368 and 42373 is 1.

GCF(42368,42373) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42368 and 42373, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42368 and 42373.

How to find the GCF of 42368 and 42373?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42368 and 42373. After we will calculate the factors of 42368 and 42373 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42368

Prime factors of 42368 are 2, 331. Prime factorization of 42368 in exponential form is:

42368 = 2⁷ × 331¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42373

Prime factors of 42373 are 42373. Prime factorization of 42373 in exponential form is:

42373 = 42373¹

Step-3: Factors of 42368

List of positive integer factors of 42368 that divides 42368 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 331, 662, 1324, 2648, 5296, 10592, 21184

Step-4: Factors of 42373

List of positive integer factors of 42373 that divides 42368 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42368 and 42373. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42368 and 42373 is 1.

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