What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42867 and 42886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42867 and 42886 is 1.

GCF(42867,42886) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42867 and 42886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42867 and 42886.

How to find the GCF of 42867 and 42886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42867 and 42886. After we will calculate the factors of 42867 and 42886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42867

Prime factors of 42867 are 3, 11, 433. Prime factorization of 42867 in exponential form is:

42867 = 3² × 11¹ × 433¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42886

Prime factors of 42886 are 2, 41, 523. Prime factorization of 42886 in exponential form is:

42886 = 2¹ × 41¹ × 523¹

Step-3: Factors of 42867

List of positive integer factors of 42867 that divides 42867 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 11, 33, 99, 433, 1299, 3897, 4763, 14289

Step-4: Factors of 42886

List of positive integer factors of 42886 that divides 42867 without a remainder.

1, 2, 41, 82, 523, 1046, 21443

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42867 and 42886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42867 and 42886 is 1.

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