What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42507 and 42523?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42507 and 42523 is 1.

GCF(42507,42523) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42507 and 42523, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42507 and 42523.

How to find the GCF of 42507 and 42523?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42507 and 42523. After we will calculate the factors of 42507 and 42523 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42507

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

42507 = 3² × 4723¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42523

Prime factors of 42523 are 13, 3271. Prime factorization of 42523 in exponential form is:

42523 = 13¹ × 3271¹

Step-3: Factors of 42507

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

1, 3, 9, 4723, 14169

Step-4: Factors of 42523

List of positive integer factors of 42523 that divides 42507 without a remainder.

1, 13, 3271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42507 and 42523. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42507 and 42523 is 1.

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