What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42797 and 42801?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42797 and 42801 is 1.

GCF(42797,42801) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42797 and 42801, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42797 and 42801.

How to find the GCF of 42797 and 42801?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42797 and 42801. After we will calculate the factors of 42797 and 42801 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42797

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

42797 = 42797¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42801

Prime factors of 42801 are 3, 11, 1297. Prime factorization of 42801 in exponential form is:

42801 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 1297¹

Step-3: Factors of 42797

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

Step-4: Factors of 42801

List of positive integer factors of 42801 that divides 42797 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 1297, 3891, 14267

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42797 and 42801. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42797 and 42801 is 1.

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