What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23421 and 23429?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23421 and 23429 is 1.

GCF(23421,23429) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23421 and 23429, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23421 and 23429.

How to find the GCF of 23421 and 23429?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23421 and 23429. After we will calculate the factors of 23421 and 23429 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23421

Prime factors of 23421 are 3, 37, 211. Prime factorization of 23421 in exponential form is:

23421 = 3¹ × 37¹ × 211¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23429

Prime factors of 23429 are 7, 3347. Prime factorization of 23429 in exponential form is:

23429 = 7¹ × 3347¹

Step-3: Factors of 23421

List of positive integer factors of 23421 that divides 23421 without a remainder.

1, 3, 37, 111, 211, 633, 7807

Step-4: Factors of 23429

List of positive integer factors of 23429 that divides 23421 without a remainder.

1, 7, 3347

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23421 and 23429. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23421 and 23429 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23421 and 23429