What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30696 and 30700?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30696 and 30700 is 4.

GCF(30696,30700) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30696 and 30700, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30696 and 30700.

How to find the GCF of 30696 and 30700?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30696 and 30700. After we will calculate the factors of 30696 and 30700 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30696

Prime factors of 30696 are 2, 3, 1279. Prime factorization of 30696 in exponential form is:

30696 = 2³ × 3¹ × 1279¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30700

Prime factors of 30700 are 2, 5, 307. Prime factorization of 30700 in exponential form is:

30700 = 2² × 5² × 307¹

Step-3: Factors of 30696

List of positive integer factors of 30696 that divides 30696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 1279, 2558, 3837, 5116, 7674, 10232, 15348

Step-4: Factors of 30700

List of positive integer factors of 30700 that divides 30696 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100, 307, 614, 1228, 1535, 3070, 6140, 7675, 15350

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30696 and 30700. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30696 and 30700 is 4.

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