What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29548 and 29556?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29548 and 29556 is 4.

GCF(29548,29556) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29548 and 29556, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29548 and 29556.

How to find the GCF of 29548 and 29556?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29548 and 29556. After we will calculate the factors of 29548 and 29556 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29548

Prime factors of 29548 are 2, 83, 89. Prime factorization of 29548 in exponential form is:

29548 = 2² × 83¹ × 89¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29556

Prime factors of 29556 are 2, 3, 821. Prime factorization of 29556 in exponential form is:

29556 = 2² × 3² × 821¹

Step-3: Factors of 29548

List of positive integer factors of 29548 that divides 29548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 83, 89, 166, 178, 332, 356, 7387, 14774

Step-4: Factors of 29556

List of positive integer factors of 29556 that divides 29548 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 12, 18, 36, 821, 1642, 2463, 3284, 4926, 7389, 9852, 14778

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29548 and 29556. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29548 and 29556 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29548 and 29556