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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42379 and 42396?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42379 and 42396 is 1.

GCF(42379,42396) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42379 and 42396, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42379 and 42396.

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How to find the GCF of 42379 and 42396?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42379 and 42396. After we will calculate the factors of 42379 and 42396 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42379

Prime factors of 42379 are 42379. Prime factorization of 42379 in exponential form is:

42379 = 423791

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42396

Prime factors of 42396 are 2, 3, 3533. Prime factorization of 42396 in exponential form is:

42396 = 22 × 31 × 35331

Step-3: Factors of 42379

List of positive integer factors of 42379 that divides 42379 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 42396

List of positive integer factors of 42396 that divides 42379 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3533, 7066, 10599, 14132, 21198

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42379 and 42396. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42379 and 42396 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42379 and 42396