What is the Greatest Common Factor of 29950 and 29970?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 29950 and 29970 is 10.

GCF(29950,29970) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 29950 and 29970, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 29950 and 29970.

How to find the GCF of 29950 and 29970?

We will first find the prime factorization of 29950 and 29970. After we will calculate the factors of 29950 and 29970 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 29950

Prime factors of 29950 are 2, 5, 599. Prime factorization of 29950 in exponential form is:

29950 = 2¹ × 5² × 599¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 29970

Prime factors of 29970 are 2, 3, 5, 37. Prime factorization of 29970 in exponential form is:

29970 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 5¹ × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 29950

List of positive integer factors of 29950 that divides 29950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 599, 1198, 2995, 5990, 14975

Step-4: Factors of 29970

List of positive integer factors of 29970 that divides 29950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 15, 18, 27, 30, 37, 45, 54, 74, 81, 90, 111, 135, 162, 185, 222, 270, 333, 370, 405, 555, 666, 810, 999, 1110, 1665, 1998, 2997, 3330, 4995, 5994, 9990, 14985

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 29950 and 29970. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 29950 and 29970 is 10.

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