What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42653 and 42658?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42653 and 42658 is 1.

GCF(42653,42658) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42653 and 42658, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42653 and 42658.

How to find the GCF of 42653 and 42658?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42653 and 42658. After we will calculate the factors of 42653 and 42658 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42653

Prime factors of 42653 are 13, 17, 193. Prime factorization of 42653 in exponential form is:

42653 = 13¹ × 17¹ × 193¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42658

Prime factors of 42658 are 2, 7, 11, 277. Prime factorization of 42658 in exponential form is:

42658 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 42653

List of positive integer factors of 42653 that divides 42653 without a remainder.

1, 13, 17, 193, 221, 2509, 3281

Step-4: Factors of 42658

List of positive integer factors of 42658 that divides 42653 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 277, 554, 1939, 3047, 3878, 6094, 21329

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42653 and 42658. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42653 and 42658 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42653 and 42658