What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42832 and 42843?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42832 and 42843 is 1.

GCF(42832,42843) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42832 and 42843, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42832 and 42843.

How to find the GCF of 42832 and 42843?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42832 and 42843. After we will calculate the factors of 42832 and 42843 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42832

Prime factors of 42832 are 2, 2677. Prime factorization of 42832 in exponential form is:

42832 = 2⁴ × 2677¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42843

Prime factors of 42843 are 3, 14281. Prime factorization of 42843 in exponential form is:

42843 = 3¹ × 14281¹

Step-3: Factors of 42832

List of positive integer factors of 42832 that divides 42832 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 2677, 5354, 10708, 21416

Step-4: Factors of 42843

List of positive integer factors of 42843 that divides 42832 without a remainder.

1, 3, 14281

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42832 and 42843. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42832 and 42843 is 1.

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