What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42967 and 42979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42967 and 42979 is 1.

GCF(42967,42979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42967 and 42979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42967 and 42979.

How to find the GCF of 42967 and 42979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42967 and 42979. After we will calculate the factors of 42967 and 42979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42967

Prime factors of 42967 are 42967. Prime factorization of 42967 in exponential form is:

42967 = 42967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42979

Prime factors of 42979 are 42979. Prime factorization of 42979 in exponential form is:

42979 = 42979¹

Step-3: Factors of 42967

List of positive integer factors of 42967 that divides 42967 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42979

List of positive integer factors of 42979 that divides 42967 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42967 and 42979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42967 and 42979 is 1.

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