What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29978 and 29983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29978 and 29983 is 1.

GCF(29978,29983) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29978 and 29983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29978 and 29983.

How to find the GCF of 29978 and 29983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29978 and 29983. After we will calculate the factors of 29978 and 29983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29978

Prime factors of 29978 are 2, 13, 1153. Prime factorization of 29978 in exponential form is:

29978 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 1153¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29983

Prime factors of 29983 are 29983. Prime factorization of 29983 in exponential form is:

29983 = 29983¹

Step-3: Factors of 29978

List of positive integer factors of 29978 that divides 29978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 1153, 2306, 14989

Step-4: Factors of 29983

List of positive integer factors of 29983 that divides 29978 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29978 and 29983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29978 and 29983 is 1.

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