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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29840 and 29852?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29840 and 29852 is 4.

GCF(29840,29852) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29840 and 29852, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29840 and 29852.

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How to find the GCF of 29840 and 29852?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29840 and 29852. After we will calculate the factors of 29840 and 29852 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29840

Prime factors of 29840 are 2, 5, 373. Prime factorization of 29840 in exponential form is:

29840 = 24 × 51 × 3731

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29852

Prime factors of 29852 are 2, 17, 439. Prime factorization of 29852 in exponential form is:

29852 = 22 × 171 × 4391

Step-3: Factors of 29840

List of positive integer factors of 29840 that divides 29840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 40, 80, 373, 746, 1492, 1865, 2984, 3730, 5968, 7460, 14920

Step-4: Factors of 29852

List of positive integer factors of 29852 that divides 29840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 439, 878, 1756, 7463, 14926

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29840 and 29852. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29840 and 29852 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29840 and 29852