What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29455 and 29460?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29455 and 29460 is 5.

GCF(29455,29460) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29455 and 29460, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29455 and 29460.

How to find the GCF of 29455 and 29460?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29455 and 29460. After we will calculate the factors of 29455 and 29460 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29455

Prime factors of 29455 are 5, 43, 137. Prime factorization of 29455 in exponential form is:

29455 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29460

Prime factors of 29460 are 2, 3, 5, 491. Prime factorization of 29460 in exponential form is:

29460 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 491¹

Step-3: Factors of 29455

List of positive integer factors of 29455 that divides 29455 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 137, 215, 685, 5891

Step-4: Factors of 29460

List of positive integer factors of 29460 that divides 29455 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 491, 982, 1473, 1964, 2455, 2946, 4910, 5892, 7365, 9820, 14730

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29455 and 29460. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29455 and 29460 is 5.

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