What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29998 and 30018?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29998 and 30018 is 2.

GCF(29998,30018) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29998 and 30018, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29998 and 30018.

How to find the GCF of 29998 and 30018?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29998 and 30018. After we will calculate the factors of 29998 and 30018 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 30018

Prime factors of 30018 are 2, 3, 5003. Prime factorization of 30018 in exponential form is:

30018 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5003¹

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 30018

List of positive integer factors of 30018 that divides 29998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 5003, 10006, 15009

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29998 and 30018. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29998 and 30018 is 2.

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