What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42686 and 42697?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42686 and 42697 is 1.

GCF(42686,42697) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42686 and 42697, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42686 and 42697.

How to find the GCF of 42686 and 42697?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42686 and 42697. After we will calculate the factors of 42686 and 42697 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 42697

Prime factors of 42697 are 42697. Prime factorization of 42697 in exponential form is:

42697 = 42697¹

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 42697

List of positive integer factors of 42697 that divides 42686 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42686 and 42697. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42686 and 42697 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42686 and 42697