What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42997 and 43001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42997 and 43001 is 1.

GCF(42997,43001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42997 and 43001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42997 and 43001.

How to find the GCF of 42997 and 43001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42997 and 43001. After we will calculate the factors of 42997 and 43001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42997

Prime factors of 42997 are 19, 31, 73. Prime factorization of 42997 in exponential form is:

42997 = 19¹ × 31¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 43001

Prime factors of 43001 are 7, 6143. Prime factorization of 43001 in exponential form is:

43001 = 7¹ × 6143¹

Step-3: Factors of 42997

List of positive integer factors of 42997 that divides 42997 without a remainder.

1, 19, 31, 73, 589, 1387, 2263

Step-4: Factors of 43001

List of positive integer factors of 43001 that divides 42997 without a remainder.

1, 7, 6143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42997 and 43001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42997 and 43001 is 1.

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