What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8294 and 8298?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8294 and 8298 is 2.

GCF(8294,8298) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8294 and 8298, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8294 and 8298.

How to find the GCF of 8294 and 8298?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8294 and 8298. After we will calculate the factors of 8294 and 8298 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8294

Prime factors of 8294 are 2, 11, 13, 29. Prime factorization of 8294 in exponential form is:

8294 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 29¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8298

Prime factors of 8298 are 2, 3, 461. Prime factorization of 8298 in exponential form is:

8298 = 2¹ × 3² × 461¹

Step-3: Factors of 8294

List of positive integer factors of 8294 that divides 8294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 29, 58, 143, 286, 319, 377, 638, 754, 4147

Step-4: Factors of 8298

List of positive integer factors of 8298 that divides 8294 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 461, 922, 1383, 2766, 4149

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8294 and 8298. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8294 and 8298 is 2.

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