What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42657 and 42673?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42657 and 42673 is 1.

GCF(42657,42673) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42657 and 42673, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42657 and 42673.

How to find the GCF of 42657 and 42673?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42657 and 42673. After we will calculate the factors of 42657 and 42673 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42657

Prime factors of 42657 are 3, 59, 241. Prime factorization of 42657 in exponential form is:

42657 = 3¹ × 59¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42673

Prime factors of 42673 are 139, 307. Prime factorization of 42673 in exponential form is:

42673 = 139¹ × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 42657

List of positive integer factors of 42657 that divides 42657 without a remainder.

1, 3, 59, 177, 241, 723, 14219

Step-4: Factors of 42673

List of positive integer factors of 42673 that divides 42657 without a remainder.

1, 139, 307

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42657 and 42673. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42657 and 42673 is 1.

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