What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98566 and 98582?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98566 and 98582 is 2.

GCF(98566,98582) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98566 and 98582, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98566 and 98582.

How to find the GCF of 98566 and 98582?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98566 and 98582. After we will calculate the factors of 98566 and 98582 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98566

Prime factors of 98566 are 2, 13, 17, 223. Prime factorization of 98566 in exponential form is:

98566 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 17¹ × 223¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98582

Prime factors of 98582 are 2, 11, 4481. Prime factorization of 98582 in exponential form is:

98582 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 4481¹

Step-3: Factors of 98566

List of positive integer factors of 98566 that divides 98566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 17, 26, 34, 221, 223, 442, 446, 2899, 3791, 5798, 7582, 49283

Step-4: Factors of 98582

List of positive integer factors of 98582 that divides 98566 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 4481, 8962, 49291

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98566 and 98582. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98566 and 98582 is 2.

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