What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29998 and 30005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29998 and 30005 is 1.

GCF(29998,30005) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29998 and 30005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29998 and 30005.

How to find the GCF of 29998 and 30005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29998 and 30005. After we will calculate the factors of 29998 and 30005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 30005

Prime factors of 30005 are 5, 17, 353. Prime factorization of 30005 in exponential form is:

30005 = 5¹ × 17¹ × 353¹

Step-3: Factors of 29998

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 30005

List of positive integer factors of 30005 that divides 29998 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17, 85, 353, 1765, 6001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29998 and 30005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29998 and 30005 is 1.

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