What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29953 and 29968?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29953 and 29968 is 1.

GCF(29953,29968) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29953 and 29968, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29953 and 29968.

How to find the GCF of 29953 and 29968?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29953 and 29968. After we will calculate the factors of 29953 and 29968 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29953

Prime factors of 29953 are 7, 11, 389. Prime factorization of 29953 in exponential form is:

29953 = 7¹ × 11¹ × 389¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29968

Prime factors of 29968 are 2, 1873. Prime factorization of 29968 in exponential form is:

29968 = 2⁴ × 1873¹

Step-3: Factors of 29953

List of positive integer factors of 29953 that divides 29953 without a remainder.

1, 7, 11, 77, 389, 2723, 4279

Step-4: Factors of 29968

List of positive integer factors of 29968 that divides 29953 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 1873, 3746, 7492, 14984

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29953 and 29968. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29953 and 29968 is 1.

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