What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29698 and 29702?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29698 and 29702 is 2.

GCF(29698,29702) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29698 and 29702, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29698 and 29702.

How to find the GCF of 29698 and 29702?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29698 and 29702. After we will calculate the factors of 29698 and 29702 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29698

Prime factors of 29698 are 2, 31, 479. Prime factorization of 29698 in exponential form is:

29698 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 479¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29702

Prime factors of 29702 are 2, 14851. Prime factorization of 29702 in exponential form is:

29702 = 2¹ × 14851¹

Step-3: Factors of 29698

List of positive integer factors of 29698 that divides 29698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 479, 958, 14849

Step-4: Factors of 29702

List of positive integer factors of 29702 that divides 29698 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14851

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29698 and 29702. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29698 and 29702 is 2.

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