What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42875 and 42881?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42875 and 42881 is 1.

GCF(42875,42881) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42875 and 42881, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42875 and 42881.

How to find the GCF of 42875 and 42881?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42875 and 42881. After we will calculate the factors of 42875 and 42881 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42875

Prime factors of 42875 are 5, 7. Prime factorization of 42875 in exponential form is:

42875 = 5³ × 7³

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42881

Prime factors of 42881 are 137, 313. Prime factorization of 42881 in exponential form is:

42881 = 137¹ × 313¹

Step-3: Factors of 42875

List of positive integer factors of 42875 that divides 42875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 25, 35, 49, 125, 175, 245, 343, 875, 1225, 1715, 6125, 8575

Step-4: Factors of 42881

List of positive integer factors of 42881 that divides 42875 without a remainder.

1, 137, 313

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42875 and 42881. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42875 and 42881 is 1.

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