What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29796 and 29800?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29796 and 29800 is 4.

GCF(29796,29800) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29796 and 29800, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29796 and 29800.

How to find the GCF of 29796 and 29800?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29796 and 29800. After we will calculate the factors of 29796 and 29800 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29796

Prime factors of 29796 are 2, 3, 13, 191. Prime factorization of 29796 in exponential form is:

29796 = 2² × 3¹ × 13¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29800

Prime factors of 29800 are 2, 5, 149. Prime factorization of 29800 in exponential form is:

29800 = 2³ × 5² × 149¹

Step-3: Factors of 29796

List of positive integer factors of 29796 that divides 29796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 52, 78, 156, 191, 382, 573, 764, 1146, 2292, 2483, 4966, 7449, 9932, 14898

Step-4: Factors of 29800

List of positive integer factors of 29800 that divides 29796 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 20, 25, 40, 50, 100, 149, 200, 298, 596, 745, 1192, 1490, 2980, 3725, 5960, 7450, 14900

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29796 and 29800. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29796 and 29800 is 4.

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