What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42392 and 42401?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42392 and 42401 is 1.

GCF(42392,42401) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42392 and 42401, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42392 and 42401.

How to find the GCF of 42392 and 42401?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42392 and 42401. After we will calculate the factors of 42392 and 42401 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42392

Prime factors of 42392 are 2, 7, 757. Prime factorization of 42392 in exponential form is:

42392 = 2³ × 7¹ × 757¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42401

Prime factors of 42401 are 109, 389. Prime factorization of 42401 in exponential form is:

42401 = 109¹ × 389¹

Step-3: Factors of 42392

List of positive integer factors of 42392 that divides 42392 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 757, 1514, 3028, 5299, 6056, 10598, 21196

Step-4: Factors of 42401

List of positive integer factors of 42401 that divides 42392 without a remainder.

1, 109, 389

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42392 and 42401. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42392 and 42401 is 1.

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