What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42859 and 42869?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42859 and 42869 is 1.

GCF(42859,42869) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42859 and 42869, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42859 and 42869.

How to find the GCF of 42859 and 42869?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42859 and 42869. After we will calculate the factors of 42859 and 42869 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42859

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

42859 = 42859¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42869

Prime factors of 42869 are 163, 263. Prime factorization of 42869 in exponential form is:

42869 = 163¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 42859

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

Step-4: Factors of 42869

List of positive integer factors of 42869 that divides 42859 without a remainder.

1, 163, 263

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42859 and 42869. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42859 and 42869 is 1.

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