What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29969 and 29982?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29969 and 29982 is 1.

GCF(29969,29982) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29969 and 29982, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29969 and 29982.

How to find the GCF of 29969 and 29982?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29969 and 29982. After we will calculate the factors of 29969 and 29982 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29969

Prime factors of 29969 are 23, 1303. Prime factorization of 29969 in exponential form is:

29969 = 23¹ × 1303¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29982

Prime factors of 29982 are 2, 3, 19, 263. Prime factorization of 29982 in exponential form is:

29982 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 263¹

Step-3: Factors of 29969

List of positive integer factors of 29969 that divides 29969 without a remainder.

1, 23, 1303

Step-4: Factors of 29982

List of positive integer factors of 29982 that divides 29969 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 57, 114, 263, 526, 789, 1578, 4997, 9994, 14991

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29969 and 29982. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29969 and 29982 is 1.

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