What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42398 and 42411?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42398 and 42411 is 1.

GCF(42398,42411) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42398 and 42411, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42398 and 42411.

How to find the GCF of 42398 and 42411?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42398 and 42411. After we will calculate the factors of 42398 and 42411 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42398

Prime factors of 42398 are 2, 17, 29, 43. Prime factorization of 42398 in exponential form is:

42398 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 29¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42411

Prime factors of 42411 are 3, 67, 211. Prime factorization of 42411 in exponential form is:

42411 = 3¹ × 67¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 42398

List of positive integer factors of 42398 that divides 42398 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 29, 34, 43, 58, 86, 493, 731, 986, 1247, 1462, 2494, 21199

Step-4: Factors of 42411

List of positive integer factors of 42411 that divides 42398 without a remainder.

1, 3, 67, 201, 211, 633, 14137

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42398 and 42411. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42398 and 42411 is 1.

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