What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42715 and 42727?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42715 and 42727 is 1.

GCF(42715,42727) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42715 and 42727, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42715 and 42727.

How to find the GCF of 42715 and 42727?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42715 and 42727. After we will calculate the factors of 42715 and 42727 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42715

Prime factors of 42715 are 5, 8543. Prime factorization of 42715 in exponential form is:

42715 = 5¹ × 8543¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42727

Prime factors of 42727 are 42727. Prime factorization of 42727 in exponential form is:

42727 = 42727¹

Step-3: Factors of 42715

List of positive integer factors of 42715 that divides 42715 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8543

Step-4: Factors of 42727

List of positive integer factors of 42727 that divides 42715 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42715 and 42727. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42715 and 42727 is 1.

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