What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64498 and 64502?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64498 and 64502 is 2.

GCF(64498,64502) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64498 and 64502, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64498 and 64502.

How to find the GCF of 64498 and 64502?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64498 and 64502. After we will calculate the factors of 64498 and 64502 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64498

Prime factors of 64498 are 2, 7, 17, 271. Prime factorization of 64498 in exponential form is:

64498 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 17¹ × 271¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64502

Prime factors of 64502 are 2, 32251. Prime factorization of 64502 in exponential form is:

64502 = 2¹ × 32251¹

Step-3: Factors of 64498

List of positive integer factors of 64498 that divides 64498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 17, 34, 119, 238, 271, 542, 1897, 3794, 4607, 9214, 32249

Step-4: Factors of 64502

List of positive integer factors of 64502 that divides 64498 without a remainder.

1, 2, 32251

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64498 and 64502. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64498 and 64502 is 2.

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