What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30298 and 30318?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30298 and 30318 is 2.

GCF(30298,30318) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30298 and 30318, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30298 and 30318.

How to find the GCF of 30298 and 30318?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30298 and 30318. After we will calculate the factors of 30298 and 30318 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30298

Prime factors of 30298 are 2, 15149. Prime factorization of 30298 in exponential form is:

30298 = 2¹ × 15149¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30318

Prime factors of 30318 are 2, 3, 31, 163. Prime factorization of 30318 in exponential form is:

30318 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 31¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 30298

List of positive integer factors of 30298 that divides 30298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 15149

Step-4: Factors of 30318

List of positive integer factors of 30318 that divides 30298 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 31, 62, 93, 163, 186, 326, 489, 978, 5053, 10106, 15159

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30298 and 30318. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30298 and 30318 is 2.

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