What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42815 and 42825?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42815 and 42825 is 5.

GCF(42815,42825) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42815 and 42825, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42815 and 42825.

How to find the GCF of 42815 and 42825?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42815 and 42825. After we will calculate the factors of 42815 and 42825 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42815

Prime factors of 42815 are 5, 8563. Prime factorization of 42815 in exponential form is:

42815 = 5¹ × 8563¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42825

Prime factors of 42825 are 3, 5, 571. Prime factorization of 42825 in exponential form is:

42825 = 3¹ × 5² × 571¹

Step-3: Factors of 42815

List of positive integer factors of 42815 that divides 42815 without a remainder.

1, 5, 8563

Step-4: Factors of 42825

List of positive integer factors of 42825 that divides 42815 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 25, 75, 571, 1713, 2855, 8565, 14275

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42815 and 42825. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42815 and 42825 is 5.

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