What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42713 and 42726?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42713 and 42726 is 1.

GCF(42713,42726) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42713 and 42726, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42713 and 42726.

How to find the GCF of 42713 and 42726?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42713 and 42726. After we will calculate the factors of 42713 and 42726 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42713

Prime factors of 42713 are 11, 353. Prime factorization of 42713 in exponential form is:

42713 = 11² × 353¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42726

Prime factors of 42726 are 2, 3, 7121. Prime factorization of 42726 in exponential form is:

42726 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7121¹

Step-3: Factors of 42713

List of positive integer factors of 42713 that divides 42713 without a remainder.

1, 11, 121, 353, 3883

Step-4: Factors of 42726

List of positive integer factors of 42726 that divides 42713 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7121, 14242, 21363

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42713 and 42726. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42713 and 42726 is 1.

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