What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29521 and 29540?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29521 and 29540 is 1.

GCF(29521,29540) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29521 and 29540, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29521 and 29540.

How to find the GCF of 29521 and 29540?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29521 and 29540. After we will calculate the factors of 29521 and 29540 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29521

Prime factors of 29521 are 53, 557. Prime factorization of 29521 in exponential form is:

29521 = 53¹ × 557¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29540

Prime factors of 29540 are 2, 5, 7, 211. Prime factorization of 29540 in exponential form is:

29540 = 2² × 5¹ × 7¹ × 211¹

Step-3: Factors of 29521

List of positive integer factors of 29521 that divides 29521 without a remainder.

1, 53, 557

Step-4: Factors of 29540

List of positive integer factors of 29540 that divides 29521 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 14, 20, 28, 35, 70, 140, 211, 422, 844, 1055, 1477, 2110, 2954, 4220, 5908, 7385, 14770

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29521 and 29540. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29521 and 29540 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29521 and 29540