What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29818 and 29822?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29818 and 29822 is 2.

GCF(29818,29822) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29818 and 29822, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29818 and 29822.

How to find the GCF of 29818 and 29822?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29818 and 29822. After we will calculate the factors of 29818 and 29822 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29818

Prime factors of 29818 are 2, 17, 877. Prime factorization of 29818 in exponential form is:

29818 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 877¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29822

Prime factors of 29822 are 2, 13, 31, 37. Prime factorization of 29822 in exponential form is:

29822 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 31¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 29818

List of positive integer factors of 29818 that divides 29818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 877, 1754, 14909

Step-4: Factors of 29822

List of positive integer factors of 29822 that divides 29818 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 31, 37, 62, 74, 403, 481, 806, 962, 1147, 2294, 14911

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29818 and 29822. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29818 and 29822 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29818 and 29822