What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42500 and 42507?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42500 and 42507 is 1.

GCF(42500,42507) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42500 and 42507, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42500 and 42507.

How to find the GCF of 42500 and 42507?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42500 and 42507. After we will calculate the factors of 42500 and 42507 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42500

Prime factors of 42500 are 2, 5, 17. Prime factorization of 42500 in exponential form is:

42500 = 2² × 5⁴ × 17¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42507

Prime factors of 42507 are 3, 4723. Prime factorization of 42507 in exponential form is:

42507 = 3² × 4723¹

Step-3: Factors of 42500

List of positive integer factors of 42500 that divides 42500 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 17, 20, 25, 34, 50, 68, 85, 100, 125, 170, 250, 340, 425, 500, 625, 850, 1250, 1700, 2125, 2500, 4250, 8500, 10625, 21250

Step-4: Factors of 42507

List of positive integer factors of 42507 that divides 42500 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 4723, 14169

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42500 and 42507. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42500 and 42507 is 1.

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