What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42571 and 42576?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42571 and 42576 is 1.

GCF(42571,42576) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42571 and 42576, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42571 and 42576.

How to find the GCF of 42571 and 42576?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42571 and 42576. After we will calculate the factors of 42571 and 42576 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42571

Prime factors of 42571 are 42571. Prime factorization of 42571 in exponential form is:

42571 = 42571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42576

Prime factors of 42576 are 2, 3, 887. Prime factorization of 42576 in exponential form is:

42576 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 887¹

Step-3: Factors of 42571

List of positive integer factors of 42571 that divides 42571 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42576

List of positive integer factors of 42576 that divides 42571 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 887, 1774, 2661, 3548, 5322, 7096, 10644, 14192, 21288

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42571 and 42576. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42571 and 42576 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42571 and 42576