What is the Greatest Common Factor of 23684 and 23698?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 23684 and 23698 is 2.

GCF(23684,23698) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 23684 and 23698, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 23684 and 23698.

How to find the GCF of 23684 and 23698?

We will first find the prime factorization of 23684 and 23698. After we will calculate the factors of 23684 and 23698 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 23684

Prime factors of 23684 are 2, 31, 191. Prime factorization of 23684 in exponential form is:

23684 = 2² × 31¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 23698

Prime factors of 23698 are 2, 17, 41. Prime factorization of 23698 in exponential form is:

23698 = 2¹ × 17² × 41¹

Step-3: Factors of 23684

List of positive integer factors of 23684 that divides 23684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 191, 382, 764, 5921, 11842

Step-4: Factors of 23698

List of positive integer factors of 23698 that divides 23684 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 41, 82, 289, 578, 697, 1394, 11849

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 23684 and 23698. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 23684 and 23698 is 2.

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