What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42566 and 42575?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42566 and 42575 is 1.

GCF(42566,42575) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42566 and 42575, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42566 and 42575.

How to find the GCF of 42566 and 42575?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42566 and 42575. After we will calculate the factors of 42566 and 42575 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42566

Prime factors of 42566 are 2, 21283. Prime factorization of 42566 in exponential form is:

42566 = 2¹ × 21283¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42575

Prime factors of 42575 are 5, 13, 131. Prime factorization of 42575 in exponential form is:

42575 = 5² × 13¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 42566

List of positive integer factors of 42566 that divides 42566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21283

Step-4: Factors of 42575

List of positive integer factors of 42575 that divides 42566 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 25, 65, 131, 325, 655, 1703, 3275, 8515

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42566 and 42575. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42566 and 42575 is 1.

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