What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29885 and 29891?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29885 and 29891 is 1.

GCF(29885,29891) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29885 and 29891, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29885 and 29891.

How to find the GCF of 29885 and 29891?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29885 and 29891. After we will calculate the factors of 29885 and 29891 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29885

Prime factors of 29885 are 5, 43, 139. Prime factorization of 29885 in exponential form is:

29885 = 5¹ × 43¹ × 139¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29891

Prime factors of 29891 are 71, 421. Prime factorization of 29891 in exponential form is:

29891 = 71¹ × 421¹

Step-3: Factors of 29885

List of positive integer factors of 29885 that divides 29885 without a remainder.

1, 5, 43, 139, 215, 695, 5977

Step-4: Factors of 29891

List of positive integer factors of 29891 that divides 29885 without a remainder.

1, 71, 421

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29885 and 29891. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29885 and 29891 is 1.

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