What is the Greatest Common Factor of 64978 and 64998?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 64978 and 64998 is 2.

GCF(64978,64998) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 64978 and 64998, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 64978 and 64998.

How to find the GCF of 64978 and 64998?

We will first find the prime factorization of 64978 and 64998. After we will calculate the factors of 64978 and 64998 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 64978

Prime factors of 64978 are 2, 53, 613. Prime factorization of 64978 in exponential form is:

64978 = 2¹ × 53¹ × 613¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 64998

Prime factors of 64998 are 2, 3, 23, 157. Prime factorization of 64998 in exponential form is:

64998 = 2¹ × 3² × 23¹ × 157¹

Step-3: Factors of 64978

List of positive integer factors of 64978 that divides 64978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 53, 106, 613, 1226, 32489

Step-4: Factors of 64998

List of positive integer factors of 64998 that divides 64978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 23, 46, 69, 138, 157, 207, 314, 414, 471, 942, 1413, 2826, 3611, 7222, 10833, 21666, 32499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 64978 and 64998. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 64978 and 64998 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 64978 and 64998