What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29928 and 29944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29928 and 29944 is 8.

GCF(29928,29944) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29928 and 29944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29928 and 29944.

How to find the GCF of 29928 and 29944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29928 and 29944. After we will calculate the factors of 29928 and 29944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 29944

Prime factors of 29944 are 2, 19, 197. Prime factorization of 29944 in exponential form is:

29944 = 2³ × 19¹ × 197¹

Step-3: Factors of 29928

List of positive integer factors of 29928 that divides 29928 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

Step-4: Factors of 29944

List of positive integer factors of 29944 that divides 29928 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 19, 38, 76, 152, 197, 394, 788, 1576, 3743, 7486, 14972

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29928 and 29944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29928 and 29944 is 8.

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