What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42703 and 42722?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42703 and 42722 is 1.

GCF(42703,42722) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42703 and 42722, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42703 and 42722.

How to find the GCF of 42703 and 42722?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42703 and 42722. After we will calculate the factors of 42703 and 42722 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 42722

Prime factors of 42722 are 2, 41, 521. Prime factorization of 42722 in exponential form is:

42722 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 42703

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

Step-4: Factors of 42722

List of positive integer factors of 42722 that divides 42703 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 521, 1042, 21361

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42703 and 42722. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42703 and 42722 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42703 and 42722