What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29830 and 29836?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29830 and 29836 is 2.

GCF(29830,29836) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29830 and 29836, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29830 and 29836.

How to find the GCF of 29830 and 29836?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29830 and 29836. After we will calculate the factors of 29830 and 29836 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 29836

Prime factors of 29836 are 2, 7459. Prime factorization of 29836 in exponential form is:

29836 = 2² × 7459¹

Step-3: Factors of 29830

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 29836

List of positive integer factors of 29836 that divides 29830 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7459, 14918

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29830 and 29836. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29830 and 29836 is 2.

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