What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42805 and 42817?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42805 and 42817 is 1.

GCF(42805,42817) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42805 and 42817, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42805 and 42817.

How to find the GCF of 42805 and 42817?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42805 and 42817. After we will calculate the factors of 42805 and 42817 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42805

Prime factors of 42805 are 5, 7, 1223. Prime factorization of 42805 in exponential form is:

42805 = 5¹ × 7¹ × 1223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42817

Prime factors of 42817 are 47, 911. Prime factorization of 42817 in exponential form is:

42817 = 47¹ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 42805

List of positive integer factors of 42805 that divides 42805 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 1223, 6115, 8561

Step-4: Factors of 42817

List of positive integer factors of 42817 that divides 42805 without a remainder.

1, 47, 911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42805 and 42817. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42805 and 42817 is 1.

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