What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42883 and 42898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42883 and 42898 is 1.

GCF(42883,42898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42883 and 42898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42883 and 42898.

How to find the GCF of 42883 and 42898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42883 and 42898. After we will calculate the factors of 42883 and 42898 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 42898

Prime factors of 42898 are 2, 89, 241. Prime factorization of 42898 in exponential form is:

42898 = 2¹ × 89¹ × 241¹

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 42898

List of positive integer factors of 42898 that divides 42883 without a remainder.

1, 2, 89, 178, 241, 482, 21449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42883 and 42898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42883 and 42898 is 1.

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