What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42449 and 42455?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42449 and 42455 is 1.

GCF(42449,42455) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42449 and 42455, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42449 and 42455.

How to find the GCF of 42449 and 42455?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42449 and 42455. After we will calculate the factors of 42449 and 42455 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42449

Prime factors of 42449 are 11, 17, 227. Prime factorization of 42449 in exponential form is:

42449 = 11¹ × 17¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42455

Prime factors of 42455 are 5, 7, 1213. Prime factorization of 42455 in exponential form is:

42455 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1213¹

Step-3: Factors of 42449

List of positive integer factors of 42449 that divides 42449 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 187, 227, 2497, 3859

Step-4: Factors of 42455

List of positive integer factors of 42455 that divides 42449 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1213, 6065, 8491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42449 and 42455. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42449 and 42455 is 1.

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