What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42681 and 42694?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42681 and 42694 is 1.

GCF(42681,42694) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42681 and 42694, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42681 and 42694.

How to find the GCF of 42681 and 42694?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42681 and 42694. After we will calculate the factors of 42681 and 42694 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42694

Prime factors of 42694 are 2, 21347. Prime factorization of 42694 in exponential form is:

42694 = 2¹ × 21347¹

Step-3: Factors of 42681

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42694

List of positive integer factors of 42694 that divides 42681 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21347

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42681 and 42694. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42681 and 42694 is 1.

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