What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42903 and 42914?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42903 and 42914 is 1.

GCF(42903,42914) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42903 and 42914, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42903 and 42914.

How to find the GCF of 42903 and 42914?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42903 and 42914. After we will calculate the factors of 42903 and 42914 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42903

Prime factors of 42903 are 3, 7, 227. Prime factorization of 42903 in exponential form is:

42903 = 3³ × 7¹ × 227¹

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 42903

List of positive integer factors of 42903 that divides 42903 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 189, 227, 681, 1589, 2043, 4767, 6129, 14301

Step-4: Factors of 42914

List of positive integer factors of 42914 that divides 42903 without a remainder.

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

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42903 and 42914. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42903 and 42914 is 1.

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