What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42698 and 42711?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42698 and 42711 is 1.

GCF(42698,42711) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42698 and 42711, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42698 and 42711.

How to find the GCF of 42698 and 42711?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42698 and 42711. After we will calculate the factors of 42698 and 42711 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42698

Prime factors of 42698 are 2, 37, 577. Prime factorization of 42698 in exponential form is:

42698 = 2¹ × 37¹ × 577¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42711

Prime factors of 42711 are 3, 23, 619. Prime factorization of 42711 in exponential form is:

42711 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 619¹

Step-3: Factors of 42698

List of positive integer factors of 42698 that divides 42698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 37, 74, 577, 1154, 21349

Step-4: Factors of 42711

List of positive integer factors of 42711 that divides 42698 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 619, 1857, 14237

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42698 and 42711. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42698 and 42711 is 1.

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