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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 7237 and 7242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 7237 and 7242 is 1.

GCF(7237,7242) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 7237 and 7242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 7237 and 7242.

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How to find the GCF of 7237 and 7242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 7237 and 7242. After we will calculate the factors of 7237 and 7242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 7237

Prime factors of 7237 are 7237. Prime factorization of 7237 in exponential form is:

7237 = 72371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 7242

Prime factors of 7242 are 2, 3, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 7242 in exponential form is:

7242 = 21 × 31 × 171 × 711

Step-3: Factors of 7237

List of positive integer factors of 7237 that divides 7237 without a remainder.

1

Step-4: Factors of 7242

List of positive integer factors of 7242 that divides 7237 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 71, 102, 142, 213, 426, 1207, 2414, 3621

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 7237 and 7242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 7237 and 7242 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 7237 and 7242