What is the Greatest Common Factor of 42929 and 42949?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 42929 and 42949 is 1.

GCF(42929,42949) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 42929 and 42949, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 42929 and 42949.

How to find the GCF of 42929 and 42949?

We will first find the prime factorization of 42929 and 42949. After we will calculate the factors of 42929 and 42949 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 42929

Prime factors of 42929 are 42929. Prime factorization of 42929 in exponential form is:

42929 = 42929¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 42949

Prime factors of 42949 are 29, 1481. Prime factorization of 42949 in exponential form is:

42949 = 29¹ × 1481¹

Step-3: Factors of 42929

List of positive integer factors of 42929 that divides 42929 without a remainder.

Step-4: Factors of 42949

List of positive integer factors of 42949 that divides 42929 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1481

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 42929 and 42949. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 42929 and 42949 is 1.

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