What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29924 and 29928?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29924 and 29928 is 4.

GCF(29924,29928) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29924 and 29928, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29924 and 29928.

How to find the GCF of 29924 and 29928?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29924 and 29928. After we will calculate the factors of 29924 and 29928 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29924

Prime factors of 29924 are 2, 7481. Prime factorization of 29924 in exponential form is:

29924 = 2² × 7481¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29928

Prime factors of 29928 are 2, 3, 29, 43. Prime factorization of 29928 in exponential form is:

29928 = 2³ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 29924

List of positive integer factors of 29924 that divides 29924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7481, 14962

Step-4: Factors of 29928

List of positive integer factors of 29928 that divides 29924 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 29, 43, 58, 86, 87, 116, 129, 172, 174, 232, 258, 344, 348, 516, 696, 1032, 1247, 2494, 3741, 4988, 7482, 9976, 14964

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29924 and 29928. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29924 and 29928 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 29924 and 29928