What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42763 and 42772?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42763 and 42772 is 1.

GCF(42763,42772) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42763 and 42772, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42763 and 42772.

How to find the GCF of 42763 and 42772?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42763 and 42772. After we will calculate the factors of 42763 and 42772 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42763

Prime factors of 42763 are 7, 41, 149. Prime factorization of 42763 in exponential form is:

42763 = 7¹ × 41¹ × 149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42772

Prime factors of 42772 are 2, 17, 37. Prime factorization of 42772 in exponential form is:

42772 = 2² × 17² × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 42763

List of positive integer factors of 42763 that divides 42763 without a remainder.

1, 7, 41, 149, 287, 1043, 6109

Step-4: Factors of 42772

List of positive integer factors of 42772 that divides 42763 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 37, 68, 74, 148, 289, 578, 629, 1156, 1258, 2516, 10693, 21386

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42763 and 42772. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42763 and 42772 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42763 and 42772