What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42522 and 42527?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42522 and 42527 is 1.

GCF(42522,42527) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42522 and 42527, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42522 and 42527.

How to find the GCF of 42522 and 42527?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42522 and 42527. After we will calculate the factors of 42522 and 42527 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42522

Prime factors of 42522 are 2, 3, 19, 373. Prime factorization of 42522 in exponential form is:

42522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42527

Prime factors of 42527 are 23, 43. Prime factorization of 42527 in exponential form is:

42527 = 23¹ × 43²

Step-3: Factors of 42522

List of positive integer factors of 42522 that divides 42522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 373, 746, 1119, 2238, 7087, 14174, 21261

Step-4: Factors of 42527

List of positive integer factors of 42527 that divides 42522 without a remainder.

1, 23, 43, 989, 1849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42522 and 42527. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42522 and 42527 is 1.

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