What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42515 and 42529?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42515 and 42529 is 1.

GCF(42515,42529) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42515 and 42529, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42515 and 42529.

How to find the GCF of 42515 and 42529?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42515 and 42529. After we will calculate the factors of 42515 and 42529 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42515

Prime factors of 42515 are 5, 11, 773. Prime factorization of 42515 in exponential form is:

42515 = 5¹ × 11¹ × 773¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42529

Prime factors of 42529 are 71, 599. Prime factorization of 42529 in exponential form is:

42529 = 71¹ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 42515

List of positive integer factors of 42515 that divides 42515 without a remainder.

1, 5, 11, 55, 773, 3865, 8503

Step-4: Factors of 42529

List of positive integer factors of 42529 that divides 42515 without a remainder.

1, 71, 599

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42515 and 42529. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42515 and 42529 is 1.

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