What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42500 and 42511?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42500 and 42511 is 1.

GCF(42500,42511) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42500 and 42511, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42500 and 42511.

How to find the GCF of 42500 and 42511?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42500 and 42511. After we will calculate the factors of 42500 and 42511 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 42511

Prime factors of 42511 are 7, 6073. Prime factorization of 42511 in exponential form is:

42511 = 7¹ × 6073¹

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 42511

List of positive integer factors of 42511 that divides 42500 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6073

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42500 and 42511. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42500 and 42511 is 1.

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