What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29756 and 29762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29756 and 29762 is 2.

GCF(29756,29762) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29756 and 29762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29756 and 29762.

How to find the GCF of 29756 and 29762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29756 and 29762. After we will calculate the factors of 29756 and 29762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29756

Prime factors of 29756 are 2, 43, 173. Prime factorization of 29756 in exponential form is:

29756 = 2² × 43¹ × 173¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29762

Prime factors of 29762 are 2, 23, 647. Prime factorization of 29762 in exponential form is:

29762 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 647¹

Step-3: Factors of 29756

List of positive integer factors of 29756 that divides 29756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 43, 86, 172, 173, 346, 692, 7439, 14878

Step-4: Factors of 29762

List of positive integer factors of 29762 that divides 29756 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 647, 1294, 14881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29756 and 29762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29756 and 29762 is 2.

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