What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29801 and 29818?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29801 and 29818 is 17.

GCF(29801,29818) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29801 and 29818, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29801 and 29818.

How to find the GCF of 29801 and 29818?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29801 and 29818. After we will calculate the factors of 29801 and 29818 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29801

Prime factors of 29801 are 17, 1753. Prime factorization of 29801 in exponential form is:

29801 = 17¹ × 1753¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29818

Prime factors of 29818 are 2, 17, 877. Prime factorization of 29818 in exponential form is:

29818 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 877¹

Step-3: Factors of 29801

List of positive integer factors of 29801 that divides 29801 without a remainder.

1, 17, 1753

Step-4: Factors of 29818

List of positive integer factors of 29818 that divides 29801 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 877, 1754, 14909

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29801 and 29818. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29801 and 29818 is 17.

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