What is the Greatest Common Factor of 1988 and 2006?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 1988 and 2006 is 2.

GCF(1988,2006) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 1988 and 2006, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 1988 and 2006.

How to find the GCF of 1988 and 2006?

We will first find the prime factorization of 1988 and 2006. After we will calculate the factors of 1988 and 2006 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 1988

Prime factors of 1988 are 2, 7, 71. Prime factorization of 1988 in exponential form is:

1988 = 2² × 7¹ × 71¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 2006

Prime factors of 2006 are 2, 17, 59. Prime factorization of 2006 in exponential form is:

2006 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 1988

List of positive integer factors of 1988 that divides 1988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 71, 142, 284, 497, 994

Step-4: Factors of 2006

List of positive integer factors of 2006 that divides 1988 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 59, 118, 1003

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 1988 and 2006. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 1988 and 2006 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 1988 and 2006