What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42707 and 42725?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42707 and 42725 is 1.

GCF(42707,42725) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42707 and 42725, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42707 and 42725.

How to find the GCF of 42707 and 42725?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42707 and 42725. After we will calculate the factors of 42707 and 42725 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42707

Prime factors of 42707 are 7, 6101. Prime factorization of 42707 in exponential form is:

42707 = 7¹ × 6101¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42725

Prime factors of 42725 are 5, 1709. Prime factorization of 42725 in exponential form is:

42725 = 5² × 1709¹

Step-3: Factors of 42707

List of positive integer factors of 42707 that divides 42707 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6101

Step-4: Factors of 42725

List of positive integer factors of 42725 that divides 42707 without a remainder.

1, 5, 25, 1709, 8545

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42707 and 42725. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42707 and 42725 is 1.

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