What is the Greatest Common Factor of 2920 and 2929?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 2920 and 2929 is 1.

GCF(2920,2929) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 2920 and 2929, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 2920 and 2929.

How to find the GCF of 2920 and 2929?

We will first find the prime factorization of 2920 and 2929. After we will calculate the factors of 2920 and 2929 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 2920

Prime factors of 2920 are 2, 5, 73. Prime factorization of 2920 in exponential form is:

2920 = 2³ × 5¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2929

Prime factors of 2929 are 29, 101. Prime factorization of 2929 in exponential form is:

2929 = 29¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 2920

List of positive integer factors of 2920 that divides 2920 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 40, 73, 146, 292, 365, 584, 730, 1460

Step-4: Factors of 2929

List of positive integer factors of 2929 that divides 2920 without a remainder.

1, 29, 101

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 2920 and 2929. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 2920 and 2929 is 1.

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