What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29840 and 29858?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29840 and 29858 is 2.

GCF(29840,29858) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29840 and 29858, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29840 and 29858.

How to find the GCF of 29840 and 29858?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29840 and 29858. After we will calculate the factors of 29840 and 29858 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 29858

Prime factors of 29858 are 2, 14929. Prime factorization of 29858 in exponential form is:

29858 = 2¹ × 14929¹

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 29858

List of positive integer factors of 29858 that divides 29840 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29840 and 29858. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29840 and 29858 is 2.

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