What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29977 and 29981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29977 and 29981 is 1.

GCF(29977,29981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29977 and 29981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29977 and 29981.

How to find the GCF of 29977 and 29981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29977 and 29981. After we will calculate the factors of 29977 and 29981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29977

Prime factors of 29977 are 31, 967. Prime factorization of 29977 in exponential form is:

29977 = 31¹ × 967¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29981

Prime factors of 29981 are 7, 4283. Prime factorization of 29981 in exponential form is:

29981 = 7¹ × 4283¹

Step-3: Factors of 29977

List of positive integer factors of 29977 that divides 29977 without a remainder.

1, 31, 967

Step-4: Factors of 29981

List of positive integer factors of 29981 that divides 29977 without a remainder.

1, 7, 4283

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29977 and 29981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29977 and 29981 is 1.

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