What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42557 and 42577?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42557 and 42577 is 1.

GCF(42557,42577) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42557 and 42577, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42557 and 42577.

How to find the GCF of 42557 and 42577?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42557 and 42577. After we will calculate the factors of 42557 and 42577 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42557

Prime factors of 42557 are 42557. Prime factorization of 42557 in exponential form is:

42557 = 42557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42577

Prime factors of 42577 are 42577. Prime factorization of 42577 in exponential form is:

42577 = 42577¹

Step-3: Factors of 42557

List of positive integer factors of 42557 that divides 42557 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42577

List of positive integer factors of 42577 that divides 42557 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42557 and 42577. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42557 and 42577 is 1.

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