What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42780 and 42787?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42780 and 42787 is 1.

GCF(42780,42787) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42780 and 42787, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42780 and 42787.

How to find the GCF of 42780 and 42787?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42780 and 42787. After we will calculate the factors of 42780 and 42787 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42780

Prime factors of 42780 are 2, 3, 5, 23, 31. Prime factorization of 42780 in exponential form is:

42780 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 31¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42787

Prime factors of 42787 are 42787. Prime factorization of 42787 in exponential form is:

42787 = 42787¹

Step-3: Factors of 42780

List of positive integer factors of 42780 that divides 42780 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 23, 30, 31, 46, 60, 62, 69, 92, 93, 115, 124, 138, 155, 186, 230, 276, 310, 345, 372, 460, 465, 620, 690, 713, 930, 1380, 1426, 1860, 2139, 2852, 3565, 4278, 7130, 8556, 10695, 14260, 21390

Step-4: Factors of 42787

List of positive integer factors of 42787 that divides 42780 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42780 and 42787. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42780 and 42787 is 1.

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