What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42676 and 42681?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42676 and 42681 is 1.

GCF(42676,42681) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42676 and 42681, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42676 and 42681.

How to find the GCF of 42676 and 42681?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42676 and 42681. After we will calculate the factors of 42676 and 42681 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42676

Prime factors of 42676 are 2, 47, 227. Prime factorization of 42676 in exponential form is:

42676 = 2² × 47¹ × 227¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42681

Prime factors of 42681 are 3, 41, 347. Prime factorization of 42681 in exponential form is:

42681 = 3¹ × 41¹ × 347¹

Step-3: Factors of 42676

List of positive integer factors of 42676 that divides 42676 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 47, 94, 188, 227, 454, 908, 10669, 21338

Step-4: Factors of 42681

List of positive integer factors of 42681 that divides 42676 without a remainder.

1, 3, 41, 123, 347, 1041, 14227

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42676 and 42681. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42676 and 42681 is 1.

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