What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42513 and 42518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42513 and 42518 is 1.

GCF(42513,42518) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42513 and 42518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42513 and 42518.

How to find the GCF of 42513 and 42518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42513 and 42518. After we will calculate the factors of 42513 and 42518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42513

Prime factors of 42513 are 3, 37, 383. Prime factorization of 42513 in exponential form is:

42513 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 383¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42518

Prime factors of 42518 are 2, 7, 3037. Prime factorization of 42518 in exponential form is:

42518 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3037¹

Step-3: Factors of 42513

List of positive integer factors of 42513 that divides 42513 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 383, 1149, 14171

Step-4: Factors of 42518

List of positive integer factors of 42518 that divides 42513 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3037, 6074, 21259

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42513 and 42518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42513 and 42518 is 1.

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