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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29860 and 29871?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29860 and 29871 is 1.

GCF(29860,29871) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29860 and 29871, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29860 and 29871.

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How to find the GCF of 29860 and 29871?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29860 and 29871. After we will calculate the factors of 29860 and 29871 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29860

Prime factors of 29860 are 2, 5, 1493. Prime factorization of 29860 in exponential form is:

29860 = 22 × 51 × 14931

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29871

Prime factors of 29871 are 3, 3319. Prime factorization of 29871 in exponential form is:

29871 = 32 × 33191

Step-3: Factors of 29860

List of positive integer factors of 29860 that divides 29860 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1493, 2986, 5972, 7465, 14930

Step-4: Factors of 29871

List of positive integer factors of 29871 that divides 29860 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 3319, 9957

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29860 and 29871. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29860 and 29871 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29860 and 29871