What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29849 and 29856?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29849 and 29856 is 1.

GCF(29849,29856) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29849 and 29856, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29849 and 29856.

How to find the GCF of 29849 and 29856?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29849 and 29856. After we will calculate the factors of 29849 and 29856 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29849

Prime factors of 29849 are 19, 1571. Prime factorization of 29849 in exponential form is:

29849 = 19¹ × 1571¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29856

Prime factors of 29856 are 2, 3, 311. Prime factorization of 29856 in exponential form is:

29856 = 2⁵ × 3¹ × 311¹

Step-3: Factors of 29849

List of positive integer factors of 29849 that divides 29849 without a remainder.

1, 19, 1571

Step-4: Factors of 29856

List of positive integer factors of 29856 that divides 29849 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 32, 48, 96, 311, 622, 933, 1244, 1866, 2488, 3732, 4976, 7464, 9952, 14928

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29849 and 29856. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29849 and 29856 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29849 and 29856