What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42829 and 42837?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42829 and 42837 is 1.

GCF(42829,42837) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42829 and 42837, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42829 and 42837.

How to find the GCF of 42829 and 42837?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42829 and 42837. After we will calculate the factors of 42829 and 42837 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42829

Prime factors of 42829 are 42829. Prime factorization of 42829 in exponential form is:

42829 = 42829¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42837

Prime factors of 42837 are 3, 109, 131. Prime factorization of 42837 in exponential form is:

42837 = 3¹ × 109¹ × 131¹

Step-3: Factors of 42829

List of positive integer factors of 42829 that divides 42829 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42837

List of positive integer factors of 42837 that divides 42829 without a remainder.

1, 3, 109, 131, 327, 393, 14279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42829 and 42837. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42829 and 42837 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42829 and 42837