What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42757 and 42761?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42757 and 42761 is 1.

GCF(42757,42761) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42757 and 42761, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42757 and 42761.

How to find the GCF of 42757 and 42761?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42757 and 42761. After we will calculate the factors of 42757 and 42761 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42757

Prime factors of 42757 are 11, 13, 23. Prime factorization of 42757 in exponential form is:

42757 = 11¹ × 13² × 23¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42761

Prime factors of 42761 are 61, 701. Prime factorization of 42761 in exponential form is:

42761 = 61¹ × 701¹

Step-3: Factors of 42757

List of positive integer factors of 42757 that divides 42757 without a remainder.

1, 11, 13, 23, 143, 169, 253, 299, 1859, 3289, 3887

Step-4: Factors of 42761

List of positive integer factors of 42761 that divides 42757 without a remainder.

1, 61, 701

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42757 and 42761. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42757 and 42761 is 1.

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