What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42502 and 42511?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42502 and 42511 is 1.

GCF(42502,42511) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42502 and 42511, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42502 and 42511.

How to find the GCF of 42502 and 42511?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42502 and 42511. After we will calculate the factors of 42502 and 42511 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42502

Prime factors of 42502 are 2, 79, 269. Prime factorization of 42502 in exponential form is:

42502 = 2¹ × 79¹ × 269¹

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 42502

List of positive integer factors of 42502 that divides 42502 without a remainder.

1, 2, 79, 158, 269, 538, 21251

Step-4: Factors of 42511

List of positive integer factors of 42511 that divides 42502 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6073

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42502 and 42511. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42502 and 42511 is 1.

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