What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42901 and 42914?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42901 and 42914 is 1.

GCF(42901,42914) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42901 and 42914, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42901 and 42914.

How to find the GCF of 42901 and 42914?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42901 and 42914. After we will calculate the factors of 42901 and 42914 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42901

Prime factors of 42901 are 42901. Prime factorization of 42901 in exponential form is:

42901 = 42901¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42914

Prime factors of 42914 are 2, 43, 499. Prime factorization of 42914 in exponential form is:

42914 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 42901

List of positive integer factors of 42901 that divides 42901 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42914

List of positive integer factors of 42914 that divides 42901 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 499, 998, 21457

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42901 and 42914. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42901 and 42914 is 1.

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