What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4878 and 4898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4878 and 4898 is 2.

GCF(4878,4898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4878 and 4898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4878 and 4898.

How to find the GCF of 4878 and 4898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4878 and 4898. After we will calculate the factors of 4878 and 4898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 4878

Prime factors of 4878 are 2, 3, 271. Prime factorization of 4878 in exponential form is:

4878 = 2¹ × 3² × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 4898

Prime factors of 4898 are 2, 31, 79. Prime factorization of 4898 in exponential form is:

4898 = 2¹ × 31¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 4878

List of positive integer factors of 4878 that divides 4878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 271, 542, 813, 1626, 2439

Step-4: Factors of 4898

List of positive integer factors of 4898 that divides 4878 without a remainder.

1, 2, 31, 62, 79, 158, 2449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4878 and 4898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4878 and 4898 is 2.

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