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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29971 and 29979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29971 and 29979 is 1.

GCF(29971,29979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29971 and 29979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29971 and 29979.

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How to find the GCF of 29971 and 29979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29971 and 29979. After we will calculate the factors of 29971 and 29979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 29979

Prime factors of 29979 are 3, 3331. Prime factorization of 29979 in exponential form is:

29979 = 32 × 33311

Step-3: Factors of 29971

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 29979

List of positive integer factors of 29979 that divides 29971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 3331, 9993

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29971 and 29979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29971 and 29979 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29971 and 29979