What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29923 and 29938?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29923 and 29938 is 1.

GCF(29923,29938) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29923 and 29938, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29923 and 29938.

How to find the GCF of 29923 and 29938?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29923 and 29938. After we will calculate the factors of 29923 and 29938 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29923

Prime factors of 29923 are 23, 1301. Prime factorization of 29923 in exponential form is:

29923 = 23¹ × 1301¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29938

Prime factors of 29938 are 2, 14969. Prime factorization of 29938 in exponential form is:

29938 = 2¹ × 14969¹

Step-3: Factors of 29923

List of positive integer factors of 29923 that divides 29923 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1301

Step-4: Factors of 29938

List of positive integer factors of 29938 that divides 29923 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14969

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29923 and 29938. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29923 and 29938 is 1.

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