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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29474 and 29478?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29474 and 29478 is 2.

GCF(29474,29478) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29474 and 29478, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29474 and 29478.

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How to find the GCF of 29474 and 29478?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29474 and 29478. After we will calculate the factors of 29474 and 29478 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29474

Prime factors of 29474 are 2, 14737. Prime factorization of 29474 in exponential form is:

29474 = 21 × 147371

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29478

Prime factors of 29478 are 2, 3, 17. Prime factorization of 29478 in exponential form is:

29478 = 21 × 31 × 173

Step-3: Factors of 29474

List of positive integer factors of 29474 that divides 29474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14737

Step-4: Factors of 29478

List of positive integer factors of 29478 that divides 29474 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 17, 34, 51, 102, 289, 578, 867, 1734, 4913, 9826, 14739

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29474 and 29478. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29474 and 29478 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29474 and 29478