What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9429 and 9442?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9429 and 9442 is 1.

GCF(9429,9442) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9429 and 9442, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9429 and 9442.

How to find the GCF of 9429 and 9442?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9429 and 9442. After we will calculate the factors of 9429 and 9442 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9429

Prime factors of 9429 are 3, 7, 449. Prime factorization of 9429 in exponential form is:

9429 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9442

Prime factors of 9442 are 2, 4721. Prime factorization of 9442 in exponential form is:

9442 = 2¹ × 4721¹

Step-3: Factors of 9429

List of positive integer factors of 9429 that divides 9429 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 449, 1347, 3143

Step-4: Factors of 9442

List of positive integer factors of 9442 that divides 9429 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4721

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9429 and 9442. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9429 and 9442 is 1.

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