What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29930 and 29940?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29930 and 29940 is 10.

GCF(29930,29940) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29930 and 29940, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29930 and 29940.

How to find the GCF of 29930 and 29940?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29930 and 29940. After we will calculate the factors of 29930 and 29940 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29930

Prime factors of 29930 are 2, 5, 41, 73. Prime factorization of 29930 in exponential form is:

29930 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 41¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29940

Prime factors of 29940 are 2, 3, 5, 499. Prime factorization of 29940 in exponential form is:

29940 = 2² × 3¹ × 5¹ × 499¹

Step-3: Factors of 29930

List of positive integer factors of 29930 that divides 29930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 41, 73, 82, 146, 205, 365, 410, 730, 2993, 5986, 14965

Step-4: Factors of 29940

List of positive integer factors of 29940 that divides 29930 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, 60, 499, 998, 1497, 1996, 2495, 2994, 4990, 5988, 7485, 9980, 14970

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29930 and 29940. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29930 and 29940 is 10.

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