What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42394 and 42409?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42394 and 42409 is 1.

GCF(42394,42409) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42394 and 42409, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42394 and 42409.

How to find the GCF of 42394 and 42409?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42394 and 42409. After we will calculate the factors of 42394 and 42409 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42394

Prime factors of 42394 are 2, 11, 41, 47. Prime factorization of 42394 in exponential form is:

42394 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 41¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42409

Prime factors of 42409 are 42409. Prime factorization of 42409 in exponential form is:

42409 = 42409¹

Step-3: Factors of 42394

List of positive integer factors of 42394 that divides 42394 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 41, 47, 82, 94, 451, 517, 902, 1034, 1927, 3854, 21197

Step-4: Factors of 42409

List of positive integer factors of 42409 that divides 42394 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42394 and 42409. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42394 and 42409 is 1.

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