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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29857 and 29872?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29857 and 29872 is 1.

GCF(29857,29872) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29857 and 29872, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29857 and 29872.

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How to find the GCF of 29857 and 29872?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29857 and 29872. After we will calculate the factors of 29857 and 29872 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29857

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

29857 = 731 × 4091

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29872

Prime factors of 29872 are 2, 1867. Prime factorization of 29872 in exponential form is:

29872 = 24 × 18671

Step-3: Factors of 29857

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

1, 73, 409

Step-4: Factors of 29872

List of positive integer factors of 29872 that divides 29857 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1867, 3734, 7468, 14936

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29857 and 29872. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29857 and 29872 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29857 and 29872