What is the Greatest Common Factor of 63842 and 63857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 63842 and 63857 is 1.

GCF(63842,63857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 63842 and 63857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 63842 and 63857.

How to find the GCF of 63842 and 63857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 63842 and 63857. After we will calculate the factors of 63842 and 63857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 63842

Prime factors of 63842 are 2, 137, 233. Prime factorization of 63842 in exponential form is:

63842 = 2¹ × 137¹ × 233¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 63857

Prime factors of 63857 are 63857. Prime factorization of 63857 in exponential form is:

63857 = 63857¹

Step-3: Factors of 63842

List of positive integer factors of 63842 that divides 63842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 137, 233, 274, 466, 31921

Step-4: Factors of 63857

List of positive integer factors of 63857 that divides 63842 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 63842 and 63857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 63842 and 63857 is 1.

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