What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29902 and 29912?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29902 and 29912 is 2.

GCF(29902,29912) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29902 and 29912, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29902 and 29912.

How to find the GCF of 29902 and 29912?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29902 and 29912. After we will calculate the factors of 29902 and 29912 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29902

Prime factors of 29902 are 2, 14951. Prime factorization of 29902 in exponential form is:

29902 = 2¹ × 14951¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29912

Prime factors of 29912 are 2, 3739. Prime factorization of 29912 in exponential form is:

29912 = 2³ × 3739¹

Step-3: Factors of 29902

List of positive integer factors of 29902 that divides 29902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 14951

Step-4: Factors of 29912

List of positive integer factors of 29912 that divides 29902 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 3739, 7478, 14956

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29902 and 29912. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29902 and 29912 is 2.

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