What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42682 and 42699?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42682 and 42699 is 1.

GCF(42682,42699) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42682 and 42699, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42682 and 42699.

How to find the GCF of 42682 and 42699?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42682 and 42699. After we will calculate the factors of 42682 and 42699 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42682

Prime factors of 42682 are 2, 21341. Prime factorization of 42682 in exponential form is:

42682 = 2¹ × 21341¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42699

Prime factors of 42699 are 3, 43, 331. Prime factorization of 42699 in exponential form is:

42699 = 3¹ × 43¹ × 331¹

Step-3: Factors of 42682

List of positive integer factors of 42682 that divides 42682 without a remainder.

1, 2, 21341

Step-4: Factors of 42699

List of positive integer factors of 42699 that divides 42682 without a remainder.

1, 3, 43, 129, 331, 993, 14233

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42682 and 42699. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42682 and 42699 is 1.

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