What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42523 and 42533?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42523 and 42533 is 1.

GCF(42523,42533) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42523 and 42533, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42523 and 42533.

How to find the GCF of 42523 and 42533?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42523 and 42533. After we will calculate the factors of 42523 and 42533 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42523

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

42523 = 13¹ × 3271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42533

Prime factors of 42533 are 42533. Prime factorization of 42533 in exponential form is:

42533 = 42533¹

Step-3: Factors of 42523

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

1, 13, 3271

Step-4: Factors of 42533

List of positive integer factors of 42533 that divides 42523 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42523 and 42533. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42523 and 42533 is 1.

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