What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30596 and 30602?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30596 and 30602 is 2.

GCF(30596,30602) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30596 and 30602, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30596 and 30602.

How to find the GCF of 30596 and 30602?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30596 and 30602. After we will calculate the factors of 30596 and 30602 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30596

Prime factors of 30596 are 2, 7649. Prime factorization of 30596 in exponential form is:

30596 = 2² × 7649¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30602

Prime factors of 30602 are 2, 11, 13, 107. Prime factorization of 30602 in exponential form is:

30602 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 107¹

Step-3: Factors of 30596

List of positive integer factors of 30596 that divides 30596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7649, 15298

Step-4: Factors of 30602

List of positive integer factors of 30602 that divides 30596 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 107, 143, 214, 286, 1177, 1391, 2354, 2782, 15301

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30596 and 30602. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30596 and 30602 is 2.

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