What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23198 and 23208?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23198 and 23208 is 2.

GCF(23198,23208) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23198 and 23208, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23198 and 23208.

How to find the GCF of 23198 and 23208?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23198 and 23208. After we will calculate the factors of 23198 and 23208 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23198

Prime factors of 23198 are 2, 7, 1657. Prime factorization of 23198 in exponential form is:

23198 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 1657¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23208

Prime factors of 23208 are 2, 3, 967. Prime factorization of 23208 in exponential form is:

23208 = 2³ × 3¹ × 967¹

Step-3: Factors of 23198

List of positive integer factors of 23198 that divides 23198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 1657, 3314, 11599

Step-4: Factors of 23208

List of positive integer factors of 23208 that divides 23198 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 967, 1934, 2901, 3868, 5802, 7736, 11604

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23198 and 23208. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23198 and 23208 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 23198 and 23208