What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29655 and 29665?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29655 and 29665 is 5.

GCF(29655,29665) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29655 and 29665, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29655 and 29665.

How to find the GCF of 29655 and 29665?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29655 and 29665. After we will calculate the factors of 29655 and 29665 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 29665

Prime factors of 29665 are 5, 17, 349. Prime factorization of 29665 in exponential form is:

29665 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 349¹

Step-3: Factors of 29655

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 29665

List of positive integer factors of 29665 that divides 29655 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 349, 1745, 5933

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29655 and 29665. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29655 and 29665 is 5.

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