What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30942 and 30952?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30942 and 30952 is 2.

GCF(30942,30952) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30942 and 30952, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30942 and 30952.

How to find the GCF of 30942 and 30952?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30942 and 30952. After we will calculate the factors of 30942 and 30952 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30942

Prime factors of 30942 are 2, 3, 191. Prime factorization of 30942 in exponential form is:

30942 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30952

Prime factors of 30952 are 2, 53, 73. Prime factorization of 30952 in exponential form is:

30952 = 2³ × 53¹ × 73¹

Step-3: Factors of 30942

List of positive integer factors of 30942 that divides 30942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 81, 162, 191, 382, 573, 1146, 1719, 3438, 5157, 10314, 15471

Step-4: Factors of 30952

List of positive integer factors of 30952 that divides 30942 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 53, 73, 106, 146, 212, 292, 424, 584, 3869, 7738, 15476

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30942 and 30952. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30942 and 30952 is 2.

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