What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42577 and 42587?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42577 and 42587 is 1.

GCF(42577,42587) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42577 and 42587, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42577 and 42587.

How to find the GCF of 42577 and 42587?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42577 and 42587. After we will calculate the factors of 42577 and 42587 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42577

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

42577 = 42577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42587

Prime factors of 42587 are 37, 1151. Prime factorization of 42587 in exponential form is:

42587 = 37¹ × 1151¹

Step-3: Factors of 42577

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

Step-4: Factors of 42587

List of positive integer factors of 42587 that divides 42577 without a remainder.

1, 37, 1151

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42577 and 42587. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42577 and 42587 is 1.

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