What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42943 and 42952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42943 and 42952 is 1.

GCF(42943,42952) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42943 and 42952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42943 and 42952.

How to find the GCF of 42943 and 42952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42943 and 42952. After we will calculate the factors of 42943 and 42952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42943

Prime factors of 42943 are 42943. Prime factorization of 42943 in exponential form is:

42943 = 42943¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42952

Prime factors of 42952 are 2, 7, 13, 59. Prime factorization of 42952 in exponential form is:

42952 = 2³ × 7¹ × 13¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 42943

List of positive integer factors of 42943 that divides 42943 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42952

List of positive integer factors of 42952 that divides 42943 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 13, 14, 26, 28, 52, 56, 59, 91, 104, 118, 182, 236, 364, 413, 472, 728, 767, 826, 1534, 1652, 3068, 3304, 5369, 6136, 10738, 21476

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42943 and 42952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42943 and 42952 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42943 and 42952