What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30879 and 30898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30879 and 30898 is 1.

GCF(30879,30898) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30879 and 30898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30879 and 30898.

How to find the GCF of 30879 and 30898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30879 and 30898. After we will calculate the factors of 30879 and 30898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30879

Prime factors of 30879 are 3, 47, 73. Prime factorization of 30879 in exponential form is:

30879 = 3² × 47¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30898

Prime factors of 30898 are 2, 7, 2207. Prime factorization of 30898 in exponential form is:

30898 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 2207¹

Step-3: Factors of 30879

List of positive integer factors of 30879 that divides 30879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 47, 73, 141, 219, 423, 657, 3431, 10293

Step-4: Factors of 30898

List of positive integer factors of 30898 that divides 30879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 2207, 4414, 15449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30879 and 30898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30879 and 30898 is 1.

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