What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10898 and 10902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10898 and 10902 is 2.

GCF(10898,10902) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10898 and 10902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10898 and 10902.

How to find the GCF of 10898 and 10902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10898 and 10902. After we will calculate the factors of 10898 and 10902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10898

Prime factors of 10898 are 2, 5449. Prime factorization of 10898 in exponential form is:

10898 = 2¹ × 5449¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10902

Prime factors of 10902 are 2, 3, 23, 79. Prime factorization of 10902 in exponential form is:

10902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 23¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 10898

List of positive integer factors of 10898 that divides 10898 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5449

Step-4: Factors of 10902

List of positive integer factors of 10902 that divides 10898 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 23, 46, 69, 79, 138, 158, 237, 474, 1817, 3634, 5451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10898 and 10902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10898 and 10902 is 2.

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