What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42603 and 42611?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42603 and 42611 is 1.

GCF(42603,42611) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42603 and 42611, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42603 and 42611.

How to find the GCF of 42603 and 42611?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42603 and 42611. After we will calculate the factors of 42603 and 42611 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42603

Prime factors of 42603 are 3, 11, 1291. Prime factorization of 42603 in exponential form is:

42603 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1291¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42611

Prime factors of 42611 are 42611. Prime factorization of 42611 in exponential form is:

42611 = 42611¹

Step-3: Factors of 42603

List of positive integer factors of 42603 that divides 42603 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1291, 3873, 14201

Step-4: Factors of 42611

List of positive integer factors of 42611 that divides 42603 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42603 and 42611. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42603 and 42611 is 1.

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