What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42989 and 43000?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42989 and 43000 is 1.

GCF(42989,43000) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42989 and 43000, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42989 and 43000.

How to find the GCF of 42989 and 43000?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42989 and 43000. After we will calculate the factors of 42989 and 43000 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42989

Prime factors of 42989 are 42989. Prime factorization of 42989 in exponential form is:

42989 = 42989¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43000

Prime factors of 43000 are 2, 5, 43. Prime factorization of 43000 in exponential form is:

43000 = 2³ × 5³ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 42989

List of positive integer factors of 42989 that divides 42989 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 43000

List of positive integer factors of 43000 that divides 42989 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 43, 50, 86, 100, 125, 172, 200, 215, 250, 344, 430, 500, 860, 1000, 1075, 1720, 2150, 4300, 5375, 8600, 10750, 21500

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42989 and 43000. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42989 and 43000 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 42989 and 43000