What is the Greatest Common Factor of 4898 and 4902?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 4898 and 4902 is 2.

GCF(4898,4902) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 4898 and 4902, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 4898 and 4902.

How to find the GCF of 4898 and 4902?

We will first find the prime factorization of 4898 and 4902. After we will calculate the factors of 4898 and 4902 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 4902

Prime factors of 4902 are 2, 3, 19, 43. Prime factorization of 4902 in exponential form is:

4902 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 19¹ × 43¹

Step-3: Factors of 4898

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 4902

List of positive integer factors of 4902 that divides 4898 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 19, 38, 43, 57, 86, 114, 129, 258, 817, 1634, 2451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 4898 and 4902. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 4898 and 4902 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 4898 and 4902