What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29866 and 29876?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29866 and 29876 is 2.

GCF(29866,29876) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29866 and 29876, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29866 and 29876.

How to find the GCF of 29866 and 29876?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29866 and 29876. After we will calculate the factors of 29866 and 29876 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29866

Prime factors of 29866 are 2, 109, 137. Prime factorization of 29866 in exponential form is:

29866 = 2¹ × 109¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29876

Prime factors of 29876 are 2, 7, 11, 97. Prime factorization of 29876 in exponential form is:

29876 = 2² × 7¹ × 11¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 29866

List of positive integer factors of 29866 that divides 29866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 109, 137, 218, 274, 14933

Step-4: Factors of 29876

List of positive integer factors of 29876 that divides 29866 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 11, 14, 22, 28, 44, 77, 97, 154, 194, 308, 388, 679, 1067, 1358, 2134, 2716, 4268, 7469, 14938

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29866 and 29876. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29866 and 29876 is 2.

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