What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42757 and 42774?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42757 and 42774 is 1.

GCF(42757,42774) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42757 and 42774, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42757 and 42774.

How to find the GCF of 42757 and 42774?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42757 and 42774. After we will calculate the factors of 42757 and 42774 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 42774

Prime factors of 42774 are 2, 3, 7129. Prime factorization of 42774 in exponential form is:

42774 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7129¹

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 42774

List of positive integer factors of 42774 that divides 42757 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7129, 14258, 21387

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42757 and 42774. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42757 and 42774 is 1.

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