What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42842 and 42859?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42842 and 42859 is 1.

GCF(42842,42859) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42842 and 42859, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42842 and 42859.

How to find the GCF of 42842 and 42859?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42842 and 42859. After we will calculate the factors of 42842 and 42859 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42842

Prime factors of 42842 are 2, 31, 691. Prime factorization of 42842 in exponential form is:

42842 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42859

Prime factors of 42859 are 42859. Prime factorization of 42859 in exponential form is:

42859 = 42859¹

Step-3: Factors of 42842

List of positive integer factors of 42842 that divides 42842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 691, 1382, 21421

Step-4: Factors of 42859

List of positive integer factors of 42859 that divides 42842 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42842 and 42859. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42842 and 42859 is 1.

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