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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42941 and 42954?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42941 and 42954 is 1.

GCF(42941,42954) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42941 and 42954, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42941 and 42954.

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How to find the GCF of 42941 and 42954?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42941 and 42954. After we will calculate the factors of 42941 and 42954 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42941

Prime factors of 42941 are 23, 1867. Prime factorization of 42941 in exponential form is:

42941 = 231 × 18671

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42954

Prime factors of 42954 are 2, 3, 7159. Prime factorization of 42954 in exponential form is:

42954 = 21 × 31 × 71591

Step-3: Factors of 42941

List of positive integer factors of 42941 that divides 42941 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1867

Step-4: Factors of 42954

List of positive integer factors of 42954 that divides 42941 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7159, 14318, 21477

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42941 and 42954. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42941 and 42954 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42941 and 42954