What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42620 and 42627?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42620 and 42627 is 1.

GCF(42620,42627) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42620 and 42627, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42620 and 42627.

How to find the GCF of 42620 and 42627?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42620 and 42627. After we will calculate the factors of 42620 and 42627 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42620

Prime factors of 42620 are 2, 5, 2131. Prime factorization of 42620 in exponential form is:

42620 = 2² × 5¹ × 2131¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42627

Prime factors of 42627 are 3, 13, 1093. Prime factorization of 42627 in exponential form is:

42627 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 1093¹

Step-3: Factors of 42620

List of positive integer factors of 42620 that divides 42620 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 2131, 4262, 8524, 10655, 21310

Step-4: Factors of 42627

List of positive integer factors of 42627 that divides 42620 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 1093, 3279, 14209

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42620 and 42627. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42620 and 42627 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42620 and 42627