What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42801 and 42821?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42801 and 42821 is 1.

GCF(42801,42821) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42801 and 42821, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42801 and 42821.

How to find the GCF of 42801 and 42821?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42801 and 42821. After we will calculate the factors of 42801 and 42821 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 42821

Prime factors of 42821 are 42821. Prime factorization of 42821 in exponential form is:

42821 = 42821¹

Step-3: Factors of 42801

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 42821

List of positive integer factors of 42821 that divides 42801 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42801 and 42821. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42801 and 42821 is 1.

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