What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29402 and 29420?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29402 and 29420 is 2.

GCF(29402,29420) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29402 and 29420, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29402 and 29420.

How to find the GCF of 29402 and 29420?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29402 and 29420. After we will calculate the factors of 29402 and 29420 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29402

Prime factors of 29402 are 2, 61, 241. Prime factorization of 29402 in exponential form is:

29402 = 2¹ × 61¹ × 241¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29420

Prime factors of 29420 are 2, 5, 1471. Prime factorization of 29420 in exponential form is:

29420 = 2² × 5¹ × 1471¹

Step-3: Factors of 29402

List of positive integer factors of 29402 that divides 29402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 61, 122, 241, 482, 14701

Step-4: Factors of 29420

List of positive integer factors of 29420 that divides 29402 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1471, 2942, 5884, 7355, 14710

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29402 and 29420. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29402 and 29420 is 2.

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