What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29842 and 29857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29842 and 29857 is 1.

GCF(29842,29857) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29842 and 29857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29842 and 29857.

How to find the GCF of 29842 and 29857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29842 and 29857. After we will calculate the factors of 29842 and 29857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29842

Prime factors of 29842 are 2, 43, 347. Prime factorization of 29842 in exponential form is:

29842 = 2¹ × 43¹ × 347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29857

Prime factors of 29857 are 73, 409. Prime factorization of 29857 in exponential form is:

29857 = 73¹ × 409¹

Step-3: Factors of 29842

List of positive integer factors of 29842 that divides 29842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43, 86, 347, 694, 14921

Step-4: Factors of 29857

List of positive integer factors of 29857 that divides 29842 without a remainder.

1, 73, 409

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29842 and 29857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29842 and 29857 is 1.

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