What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29993 and 29998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29993 and 29998 is 1.

GCF(29993,29998) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29993 and 29998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29993 and 29998.

How to find the GCF of 29993 and 29998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29993 and 29998. After we will calculate the factors of 29993 and 29998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29993

Prime factors of 29993 are 89, 337. Prime factorization of 29993 in exponential form is:

29993 = 89¹ × 337¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29998

Prime factors of 29998 are 2, 53, 283. Prime factorization of 29998 in exponential form is:

29998 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 283¹

Step-3: Factors of 29993

List of positive integer factors of 29993 that divides 29993 without a remainder.

1, 89, 337

Step-4: Factors of 29998

List of positive integer factors of 29998 that divides 29993 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 283, 566, 14999

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29993 and 29998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29993 and 29998 is 1.

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