What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42847 and 42854?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42847 and 42854 is 7.

GCF(42847,42854) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42847 and 42854, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42847 and 42854.

How to find the GCF of 42847 and 42854?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42847 and 42854. After we will calculate the factors of 42847 and 42854 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42847

Prime factors of 42847 are 7, 6121. Prime factorization of 42847 in exponential form is:

42847 = 7¹ × 6121¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42854

Prime factors of 42854 are 2, 7, 3061. Prime factorization of 42854 in exponential form is:

42854 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 3061¹

Step-3: Factors of 42847

List of positive integer factors of 42847 that divides 42847 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6121

Step-4: Factors of 42854

List of positive integer factors of 42854 that divides 42847 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 3061, 6122, 21427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42847 and 42854. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42847 and 42854 is 7.

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