What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42533 and 42551?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42533 and 42551 is 1.

GCF(42533,42551) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42533 and 42551, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42533 and 42551.

How to find the GCF of 42533 and 42551?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42533 and 42551. After we will calculate the factors of 42533 and 42551 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42533

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

42533 = 42533¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42551

Prime factors of 42551 are 17, 2503. Prime factorization of 42551 in exponential form is:

42551 = 17¹ × 2503¹

Step-3: Factors of 42533

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

Step-4: Factors of 42551

List of positive integer factors of 42551 that divides 42533 without a remainder.

1, 17, 2503

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42533 and 42551. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42533 and 42551 is 1.

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