What is the Greatest Common Factor of 80998 and 81002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 80998 and 81002 is 2.

GCF(80998,81002) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 80998 and 81002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 80998 and 81002.

How to find the GCF of 80998 and 81002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 80998 and 81002. After we will calculate the factors of 80998 and 81002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 80998

Prime factors of 80998 are 2, 40499. Prime factorization of 80998 in exponential form is:

80998 = 2¹ × 40499¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 81002

Prime factors of 81002 are 2, 101, 401. Prime factorization of 81002 in exponential form is:

81002 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 401¹

Step-3: Factors of 80998

List of positive integer factors of 80998 that divides 80998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 40499

Step-4: Factors of 81002

List of positive integer factors of 81002 that divides 80998 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 401, 802, 40501

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 80998 and 81002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 80998 and 81002 is 2.

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