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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29979 and 29987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29979 and 29987 is 1.

GCF(29979,29987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29979 and 29987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29979 and 29987.

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How to find the GCF of 29979 and 29987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29979 and 29987. After we will calculate the factors of 29979 and 29987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29979

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

29979 = 32 × 33311

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29987

Prime factors of 29987 are 157, 191. Prime factorization of 29987 in exponential form is:

29987 = 1571 × 1911

Step-3: Factors of 29979

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

1, 3, 9, 3331, 9993

Step-4: Factors of 29987

List of positive integer factors of 29987 that divides 29979 without a remainder.

1, 157, 191

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29979 and 29987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29979 and 29987 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29979 and 29987