What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42644 and 42649?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42644 and 42649 is 1.

GCF(42644,42649) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42644 and 42649, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42644 and 42649.

How to find the GCF of 42644 and 42649?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42644 and 42649. After we will calculate the factors of 42644 and 42649 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42644

Prime factors of 42644 are 2, 7, 1523. Prime factorization of 42644 in exponential form is:

42644 = 2² × 7¹ × 1523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42649

Prime factors of 42649 are 42649. Prime factorization of 42649 in exponential form is:

42649 = 42649¹

Step-3: Factors of 42644

List of positive integer factors of 42644 that divides 42644 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 1523, 3046, 6092, 10661, 21322

Step-4: Factors of 42649

List of positive integer factors of 42649 that divides 42644 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42644 and 42649. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42644 and 42649 is 1.

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