What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98470 and 98486?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98470 and 98486 is 2.

GCF(98470,98486) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98470 and 98486, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98470 and 98486.

How to find the GCF of 98470 and 98486?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98470 and 98486. After we will calculate the factors of 98470 and 98486 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98470

Prime factors of 98470 are 2, 5, 43, 229. Prime factorization of 98470 in exponential form is:

98470 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 43¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98486

Prime factors of 98486 are 2, 23, 2141. Prime factorization of 98486 in exponential form is:

98486 = 2¹ × 23¹ × 2141¹

Step-3: Factors of 98470

List of positive integer factors of 98470 that divides 98470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 43, 86, 215, 229, 430, 458, 1145, 2290, 9847, 19694, 49235

Step-4: Factors of 98486

List of positive integer factors of 98486 that divides 98470 without a remainder.

1, 2, 23, 46, 2141, 4282, 49243

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98470 and 98486. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98470 and 98486 is 2.

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