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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29836 and 29850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29836 and 29850 is 2.

GCF(29836,29850) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29836 and 29850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29836 and 29850.

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How to find the GCF of 29836 and 29850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29836 and 29850. After we will calculate the factors of 29836 and 29850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29836

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

29836 = 22 × 74591

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29850

Prime factors of 29850 are 2, 3, 5, 199. Prime factorization of 29850 in exponential form is:

29850 = 21 × 31 × 52 × 1991

Step-3: Factors of 29836

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

1, 2, 4, 7459, 14918

Step-4: Factors of 29850

List of positive integer factors of 29850 that divides 29836 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 199, 398, 597, 995, 1194, 1990, 2985, 4975, 5970, 9950, 14925

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29836 and 29850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29836 and 29850 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29836 and 29850