What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42407 and 42426?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42407 and 42426 is 1.

GCF(42407,42426) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42407 and 42426, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42407 and 42426.

How to find the GCF of 42407 and 42426?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42407 and 42426. After we will calculate the factors of 42407 and 42426 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42407

Prime factors of 42407 are 42407. Prime factorization of 42407 in exponential form is:

42407 = 42407¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42426

Prime factors of 42426 are 2, 3, 2357. Prime factorization of 42426 in exponential form is:

42426 = 2¹ × 3² × 2357¹

Step-3: Factors of 42407

List of positive integer factors of 42407 that divides 42407 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42426

List of positive integer factors of 42426 that divides 42407 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2357, 4714, 7071, 14142, 21213

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42407 and 42426. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42407 and 42426 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42407 and 42426