What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29616 and 29620?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29616 and 29620 is 4.

GCF(29616,29620) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29616 and 29620, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29616 and 29620.

How to find the GCF of 29616 and 29620?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29616 and 29620. After we will calculate the factors of 29616 and 29620 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29616

Prime factors of 29616 are 2, 3, 617. Prime factorization of 29616 in exponential form is:

29616 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29620

Prime factors of 29620 are 2, 5, 1481. Prime factorization of 29620 in exponential form is:

29620 = 2² × 5¹ × 1481¹

Step-3: Factors of 29616

List of positive integer factors of 29616 that divides 29616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 617, 1234, 1851, 2468, 3702, 4936, 7404, 9872, 14808

Step-4: Factors of 29620

List of positive integer factors of 29620 that divides 29616 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 1481, 2962, 5924, 7405, 14810

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29616 and 29620. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29616 and 29620 is 4.

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