What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42703 and 42718?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42703 and 42718 is 1.

GCF(42703,42718) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42703 and 42718, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42703 and 42718.

How to find the GCF of 42703 and 42718?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42703 and 42718. After we will calculate the factors of 42703 and 42718 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42703

Prime factors of 42703 are 42703. Prime factorization of 42703 in exponential form is:

42703 = 42703¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42718

Prime factors of 42718 are 2, 13, 31, 53. Prime factorization of 42718 in exponential form is:

42718 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 31¹ × 53¹

Step-3: Factors of 42703

List of positive integer factors of 42703 that divides 42703 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42718

List of positive integer factors of 42718 that divides 42703 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 31, 53, 62, 106, 403, 689, 806, 1378, 1643, 3286, 21359

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42703 and 42718. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42703 and 42718 is 1.

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