What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42643 and 42648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42643 and 42648 is 1.

GCF(42643,42648) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42643 and 42648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42643 and 42648.

How to find the GCF of 42643 and 42648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42643 and 42648. After we will calculate the factors of 42643 and 42648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42643

Prime factors of 42643 are 42643. Prime factorization of 42643 in exponential form is:

42643 = 42643¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42648

Prime factors of 42648 are 2, 3, 1777. Prime factorization of 42648 in exponential form is:

42648 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1777¹

Step-3: Factors of 42643

List of positive integer factors of 42643 that divides 42643 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42648

List of positive integer factors of 42648 that divides 42643 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1777, 3554, 5331, 7108, 10662, 14216, 21324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42643 and 42648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42643 and 42648 is 1.

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