What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42397 and 42406?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42397 and 42406 is 1.

GCF(42397,42406) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42397 and 42406, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42397 and 42406.

How to find the GCF of 42397 and 42406?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42397 and 42406. After we will calculate the factors of 42397 and 42406 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42397

Prime factors of 42397 are 42397. Prime factorization of 42397 in exponential form is:

42397 = 42397¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42406

Prime factors of 42406 are 2, 7, 13, 233. Prime factorization of 42406 in exponential form is:

42406 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 233¹

Step-3: Factors of 42397

List of positive integer factors of 42397 that divides 42397 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42406

List of positive integer factors of 42406 that divides 42397 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 91, 182, 233, 466, 1631, 3029, 3262, 6058, 21203

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42397 and 42406. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42397 and 42406 is 1.

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