What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42829 and 42840?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42829 and 42840 is 1.

GCF(42829,42840) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42829 and 42840, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42829 and 42840.

How to find the GCF of 42829 and 42840?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42829 and 42840. After we will calculate the factors of 42829 and 42840 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 42840

Prime factors of 42840 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 17. Prime factorization of 42840 in exponential form is:

42840 = 2³ × 3² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 17¹

Step-3: Factors of 42829

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

Step-4: Factors of 42840

List of positive integer factors of 42840 that divides 42829 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, 24, 28, 30, 34, 35, 36, 40, 42, 45, 51, 56, 60, 63, 68, 70, 72, 84, 85, 90, 102, 105, 119, 120, 126, 136, 140, 153, 168, 170, 180, 204, 210, 238, 252, 255, 280, 306, 315, 340, 357, 360, 408, 420, 476, 504, 510, 595, 612, 630, 680, 714, 765, 840, 952, 1020, 1071, 1190, 1224, 1260, 1428, 1530, 1785, 2040, 2142, 2380, 2520, 2856, 3060, 3570, 4284, 4760, 5355, 6120, 7140, 8568, 10710, 14280, 21420

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42829 and 42840. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42829 and 42840 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42829 and 42840