What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29156 and 29176?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29156 and 29176 is 4.

GCF(29156,29176) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29156 and 29176, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29156 and 29176.

How to find the GCF of 29156 and 29176?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29156 and 29176. After we will calculate the factors of 29156 and 29176 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29156

Prime factors of 29156 are 2, 37, 197. Prime factorization of 29156 in exponential form is:

29156 = 2² × 37¹ × 197¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29176

Prime factors of 29176 are 2, 7, 521. Prime factorization of 29176 in exponential form is:

29176 = 2³ × 7¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 29156

List of positive integer factors of 29156 that divides 29156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148, 197, 394, 788, 7289, 14578

Step-4: Factors of 29176

List of positive integer factors of 29176 that divides 29156 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 521, 1042, 2084, 3647, 4168, 7294, 14588

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29156 and 29176. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29156 and 29176 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29156 and 29176