What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29826 and 29830?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29826 and 29830 is 2.

GCF(29826,29830) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29826 and 29830, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29826 and 29830.

How to find the GCF of 29826 and 29830?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29826 and 29830. After we will calculate the factors of 29826 and 29830 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29826

Prime factors of 29826 are 2, 3, 1657. Prime factorization of 29826 in exponential form is:

29826 = 2¹ × 3² × 1657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29830

Prime factors of 29830 are 2, 5, 19, 157. Prime factorization of 29830 in exponential form is:

29830 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 29826

List of positive integer factors of 29826 that divides 29826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 1657, 3314, 4971, 9942, 14913

Step-4: Factors of 29830

List of positive integer factors of 29830 that divides 29826 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 157, 190, 314, 785, 1570, 2983, 5966, 14915

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29826 and 29830. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29826 and 29830 is 2.

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