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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29957 and 29971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29957 and 29971 is 1.

GCF(29957,29971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29957 and 29971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29957 and 29971.

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How to find the GCF of 29957 and 29971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29957 and 29971. After we will calculate the factors of 29957 and 29971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29957

Prime factors of 29957 are 29, 1033. Prime factorization of 29957 in exponential form is:

29957 = 291 × 10331

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29971

Prime factors of 29971 are 17, 41, 43. Prime factorization of 29971 in exponential form is:

29971 = 171 × 411 × 431

Step-3: Factors of 29957

List of positive integer factors of 29957 that divides 29957 without a remainder.

1, 29, 1033

Step-4: Factors of 29971

List of positive integer factors of 29971 that divides 29957 without a remainder.

1, 17, 41, 43, 697, 731, 1763

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29957 and 29971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29957 and 29971 is 1.

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