What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29649 and 29655?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29649 and 29655 is 3.

GCF(29649,29655) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29649 and 29655, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29649 and 29655.

How to find the GCF of 29649 and 29655?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29649 and 29655. After we will calculate the factors of 29649 and 29655 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29649

Prime factors of 29649 are 3, 9883. Prime factorization of 29649 in exponential form is:

29649 = 3¹ × 9883¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29655

Prime factors of 29655 are 3, 5, 659. Prime factorization of 29655 in exponential form is:

29655 = 3² × 5¹ × 659¹

Step-3: Factors of 29649

List of positive integer factors of 29649 that divides 29649 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9883

Step-4: Factors of 29655

List of positive integer factors of 29655 that divides 29649 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 659, 1977, 3295, 5931, 9885

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29649 and 29655. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29649 and 29655 is 3.

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