What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29955 and 29959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29955 and 29959 is 1.

GCF(29955,29959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29955 and 29959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29955 and 29959.

How to find the GCF of 29955 and 29959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29955 and 29959. After we will calculate the factors of 29955 and 29959 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29955

Prime factors of 29955 are 3, 5, 1997. Prime factorization of 29955 in exponential form is:

29955 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 1997¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29959

Prime factors of 29959 are 29959. Prime factorization of 29959 in exponential form is:

29959 = 29959¹

Step-3: Factors of 29955

List of positive integer factors of 29955 that divides 29955 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 1997, 5991, 9985

Step-4: Factors of 29959

List of positive integer factors of 29959 that divides 29955 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29955 and 29959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29955 and 29959 is 1.

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