What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29079 and 29085?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29079 and 29085 is 3.

GCF(29079,29085) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29079 and 29085, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29079 and 29085.

How to find the GCF of 29079 and 29085?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29079 and 29085. After we will calculate the factors of 29079 and 29085 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29079

Prime factors of 29079 are 3, 359. Prime factorization of 29079 in exponential form is:

29079 = 3⁴ × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29085

Prime factors of 29085 are 3, 5, 7, 277. Prime factorization of 29085 in exponential form is:

29085 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 7¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 29079

List of positive integer factors of 29079 that divides 29079 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 359, 1077, 3231, 9693

Step-4: Factors of 29085

List of positive integer factors of 29085 that divides 29079 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 7, 15, 21, 35, 105, 277, 831, 1385, 1939, 4155, 5817, 9695

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29079 and 29085. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29079 and 29085 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29079 and 29085