What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42686 and 42695?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42686 and 42695 is 1.

GCF(42686,42695) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42686 and 42695, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42686 and 42695.

How to find the GCF of 42686 and 42695?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42686 and 42695. After we will calculate the factors of 42686 and 42695 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42686

Prime factors of 42686 are 2, 7, 3049. Prime factorization of 42686 in exponential form is:

42686 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42695

Prime factors of 42695 are 5, 8539. Prime factorization of 42695 in exponential form is:

42695 = 5¹ × 8539¹

Step-3: Factors of 42686

List of positive integer factors of 42686 that divides 42686 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3049, 6098, 21343

Step-4: Factors of 42695

List of positive integer factors of 42695 that divides 42686 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8539

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42686 and 42695. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42686 and 42695 is 1.

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