What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29157 and 29169?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29157 and 29169 is 3.

GCF(29157,29169) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29157 and 29169, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29157 and 29169.

How to find the GCF of 29157 and 29169?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29157 and 29169. After we will calculate the factors of 29157 and 29169 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29157

Prime factors of 29157 are 3, 9719. Prime factorization of 29157 in exponential form is:

29157 = 3¹ × 9719¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29169

Prime factors of 29169 are 3, 7, 463. Prime factorization of 29169 in exponential form is:

29169 = 3² × 7¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 29157

List of positive integer factors of 29157 that divides 29157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9719

Step-4: Factors of 29169

List of positive integer factors of 29169 that divides 29157 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 63, 463, 1389, 3241, 4167, 9723

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29157 and 29169. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29157 and 29169 is 3.

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