What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42883 and 42897?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42883 and 42897 is 1.

GCF(42883,42897) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42883 and 42897, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42883 and 42897.

How to find the GCF of 42883 and 42897?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42883 and 42897. After we will calculate the factors of 42883 and 42897 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42883

Prime factors of 42883 are 19, 37, 61. Prime factorization of 42883 in exponential form is:

42883 = 19¹ × 37¹ × 61¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42897

Prime factors of 42897 are 3, 79, 181. Prime factorization of 42897 in exponential form is:

42897 = 3¹ × 79¹ × 181¹

Step-3: Factors of 42883

List of positive integer factors of 42883 that divides 42883 without a remainder.

1, 19, 37, 61, 703, 1159, 2257

Step-4: Factors of 42897

List of positive integer factors of 42897 that divides 42883 without a remainder.

1, 3, 79, 181, 237, 543, 14299

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42883 and 42897. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42883 and 42897 is 1.

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