What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42575 and 42592?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42575 and 42592 is 1.

GCF(42575,42592) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42575 and 42592, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42575 and 42592.

How to find the GCF of 42575 and 42592?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42575 and 42592. After we will calculate the factors of 42575 and 42592 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42592

Prime factors of 42592 are 2, 11. Prime factorization of 42592 in exponential form is:

42592 = 2⁵ × 11³

Step-3: Factors of 42575

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42592

List of positive integer factors of 42592 that divides 42575 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 16, 22, 32, 44, 88, 121, 176, 242, 352, 484, 968, 1331, 1936, 2662, 3872, 5324, 10648, 21296

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42575 and 42592. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42575 and 42592 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42575 and 42592