What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42779 and 42797?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42779 and 42797 is 1.

GCF(42779,42797) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42779 and 42797, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42779 and 42797.

How to find the GCF of 42779 and 42797?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42779 and 42797. After we will calculate the factors of 42779 and 42797 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42779

Prime factors of 42779 are 11, 3889. Prime factorization of 42779 in exponential form is:

42779 = 11¹ × 3889¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42797

Prime factors of 42797 are 42797. Prime factorization of 42797 in exponential form is:

42797 = 42797¹

Step-3: Factors of 42779

List of positive integer factors of 42779 that divides 42779 without a remainder.

1, 11, 3889

Step-4: Factors of 42797

List of positive integer factors of 42797 that divides 42779 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42779 and 42797. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42779 and 42797 is 1.

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