What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42611 and 42615?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42611 and 42615 is 1.

GCF(42611,42615) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42611 and 42615, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42611 and 42615.

How to find the GCF of 42611 and 42615?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42611 and 42615. After we will calculate the factors of 42611 and 42615 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42611

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

42611 = 42611¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42615

Prime factors of 42615 are 3, 5, 947. Prime factorization of 42615 in exponential form is:

42615 = 3² × 5¹ × 947¹

Step-3: Factors of 42611

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

Step-4: Factors of 42615

List of positive integer factors of 42615 that divides 42611 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 947, 2841, 4735, 8523, 14205

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42611 and 42615. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42611 and 42615 is 1.

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