What is the Greatest Common Factor of 9890 and 9898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 9890 and 9898 is 2.

GCF(9890,9898) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 9890 and 9898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 9890 and 9898.

How to find the GCF of 9890 and 9898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 9890 and 9898. After we will calculate the factors of 9890 and 9898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 9890

Prime factors of 9890 are 2, 5, 23, 43. Prime factorization of 9890 in exponential form is:

9890 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 23¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 9898

Prime factors of 9898 are 2, 7, 101. Prime factorization of 9898 in exponential form is:

9898 = 2¹ × 7² × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 9890

List of positive integer factors of 9890 that divides 9890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 23, 43, 46, 86, 115, 215, 230, 430, 989, 1978, 4945

Step-4: Factors of 9898

List of positive integer factors of 9898 that divides 9890 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 101, 202, 707, 1414, 4949

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 9890 and 9898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 9890 and 9898 is 2.

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