What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42667 and 42678?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42667 and 42678 is 1.

GCF(42667,42678) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42667 and 42678, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42667 and 42678.

How to find the GCF of 42667 and 42678?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42667 and 42678. After we will calculate the factors of 42667 and 42678 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42667

Prime factors of 42667 are 42667. Prime factorization of 42667 in exponential form is:

42667 = 42667¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42678

Prime factors of 42678 are 2, 3, 2371. Prime factorization of 42678 in exponential form is:

42678 = 2¹ × 3² × 2371¹

Step-3: Factors of 42667

List of positive integer factors of 42667 that divides 42667 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42678

List of positive integer factors of 42678 that divides 42667 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 2371, 4742, 7113, 14226, 21339

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42667 and 42678. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42667 and 42678 is 1.

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