What is the least common factor of 12 and 29?

To answer the question, "What is the least common factor of 12 and 29?", we will start by defining and listing factors of 12 and 29.

Factors of 12 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 12. Likewise, factors of 29 are all the integers that when multiplied by another integer equal 29.

The factors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 12.

The factors 29 are 1 and 29.

When you ask, "What is the least common factor of 12 and 29?", least is the key word here. Least means smallest. Thus, the smallest or least common factor that 12 and 29 have in common is 1.

Note that all integers, such as 12 and 29, have 1 as one of its factors. Thus, the answer to the least common factor of any two integers greater than 0 will always be 1.

Now that you know the least common factor of 12 and 29, you may also be interested in knowing the greatest common factor of 12 and 29. The greatest factor 12 and 29 have in common, per the list above, is 1.

When you asked for the least common factor of 12 and 29, did you mean least common multiple? If so, the least common multiple of 12 and 29 is 348.

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