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What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29884 and 29896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29884 and 29896 is 4.

GCF(29884,29896) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29884 and 29896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29884 and 29896.

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How to find the GCF of 29884 and 29896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29884 and 29896. After we will calculate the factors of 29884 and 29896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29884

Prime factors of 29884 are 2, 31, 241. Prime factorization of 29884 in exponential form is:

29884 = 22 × 311 × 2411

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29896

Prime factors of 29896 are 2, 37, 101. Prime factorization of 29896 in exponential form is:

29896 = 23 × 371 × 1011

Step-3: Factors of 29884

List of positive integer factors of 29884 that divides 29884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 241, 482, 964, 7471, 14942

Step-4: Factors of 29896

List of positive integer factors of 29896 that divides 29884 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 74, 101, 148, 202, 296, 404, 808, 3737, 7474, 14948

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29884 and 29896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29884 and 29896 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29884 and 29896