What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29857 and 29877?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29857 and 29877 is 1.

GCF(29857,29877) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29857 and 29877, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29857 and 29877.

How to find the GCF of 29857 and 29877?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29857 and 29877. After we will calculate the factors of 29857 and 29877 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 29877

Prime factors of 29877 are 3, 23, 433. Prime factorization of 29877 in exponential form is:

29877 = 3¹ × 23¹ × 433¹

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 29877

List of positive integer factors of 29877 that divides 29857 without a remainder.

1, 3, 23, 69, 433, 1299, 9959

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29857 and 29877. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29857 and 29877 is 1.

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