What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42627 and 42646?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42627 and 42646 is 1.

GCF(42627,42646) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42627 and 42646, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42627 and 42646.

How to find the GCF of 42627 and 42646?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42627 and 42646. After we will calculate the factors of 42627 and 42646 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42646

Prime factors of 42646 are 2, 21323. Prime factorization of 42646 in exponential form is:

42646 = 2¹ × 21323¹

Step-3: Factors of 42627

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42646

List of positive integer factors of 42646 that divides 42627 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21323

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42627 and 42646. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42627 and 42646 is 1.

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