What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30549 and 30558?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30549 and 30558 is 3.

GCF(30549,30558) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30549 and 30558, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30549 and 30558.

How to find the GCF of 30549 and 30558?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30549 and 30558. After we will calculate the factors of 30549 and 30558 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30549

Prime factors of 30549 are 3, 17, 599. Prime factorization of 30549 in exponential form is:

30549 = 3¹ × 17¹ × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30558

Prime factors of 30558 are 2, 3, 11, 463. Prime factorization of 30558 in exponential form is:

30558 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 11¹ × 463¹

Step-3: Factors of 30549

List of positive integer factors of 30549 that divides 30549 without a remainder.

1, 3, 17, 51, 599, 1797, 10183

Step-4: Factors of 30558

List of positive integer factors of 30558 that divides 30549 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 11, 22, 33, 66, 463, 926, 1389, 2778, 5093, 10186, 15279

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30549 and 30558. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30549 and 30558 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 30549 and 30558