What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42852 and 42861?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42852 and 42861 is 3.

GCF(42852,42861) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42852 and 42861, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42852 and 42861.

How to find the GCF of 42852 and 42861?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42852 and 42861. After we will calculate the factors of 42852 and 42861 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42852

Prime factors of 42852 are 2, 3, 3571. Prime factorization of 42852 in exponential form is:

42852 = 2² × 3¹ × 3571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42861

Prime factors of 42861 are 3, 7, 13, 157. Prime factorization of 42861 in exponential form is:

42861 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 42852

List of positive integer factors of 42852 that divides 42852 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 3571, 7142, 10713, 14284, 21426

Step-4: Factors of 42861

List of positive integer factors of 42861 that divides 42852 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 13, 21, 39, 91, 157, 273, 471, 1099, 2041, 3297, 6123, 14287

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42852 and 42861. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42852 and 42861 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42852 and 42861