What is the Greatest Common Factor of 30970 and 30974?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 30970 and 30974 is 2.

GCF(30970,30974) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 30970 and 30974, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 30970 and 30974.

How to find the GCF of 30970 and 30974?

We will first find the prime factorization of 30970 and 30974. After we will calculate the factors of 30970 and 30974 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 30970

Prime factors of 30970 are 2, 5, 19, 163. Prime factorization of 30970 in exponential form is:

30970 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 163¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 30974

Prime factors of 30974 are 2, 17, 911. Prime factorization of 30974 in exponential form is:

30974 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 911¹

Step-3: Factors of 30970

List of positive integer factors of 30970 that divides 30970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 163, 190, 326, 815, 1630, 3097, 6194, 15485

Step-4: Factors of 30974

List of positive integer factors of 30974 that divides 30970 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 911, 1822, 15487

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 30970 and 30974. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 30970 and 30974 is 2.

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