What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42777 and 42785?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42777 and 42785 is 1.

GCF(42777,42785) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42777 and 42785, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42777 and 42785.

How to find the GCF of 42777 and 42785?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42777 and 42785. After we will calculate the factors of 42777 and 42785 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42777

Prime factors of 42777 are 3, 7, 97. Prime factorization of 42777 in exponential form is:

42777 = 3² × 7² × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42785

Prime factors of 42785 are 5, 43, 199. Prime factorization of 42785 in exponential form is:

42785 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 199¹

Step-3: Factors of 42777

List of positive integer factors of 42777 that divides 42777 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 49, 63, 97, 147, 291, 441, 679, 873, 2037, 4753, 6111, 14259

Step-4: Factors of 42785

List of positive integer factors of 42785 that divides 42777 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 199, 215, 995, 8557

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42777 and 42785. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42777 and 42785 is 1.

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