What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42527 and 42547?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42527 and 42547 is 1.

GCF(42527,42547) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42527 and 42547, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42527 and 42547.

How to find the GCF of 42527 and 42547?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42527 and 42547. After we will calculate the factors of 42527 and 42547 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42527

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

42527 = 23¹ × 43²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42547

Prime factors of 42547 are 157, 271. Prime factorization of 42547 in exponential form is:

42547 = 157¹ × 271¹

Step-3: Factors of 42527

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

1, 23, 43, 989, 1849

Step-4: Factors of 42547

List of positive integer factors of 42547 that divides 42527 without a remainder.

1, 157, 271

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42527 and 42547. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42527 and 42547 is 1.

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