What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98931 and 98950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98931 and 98950 is 1.

GCF(98931,98950) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98931 and 98950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98931 and 98950.

How to find the GCF of 98931 and 98950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98931 and 98950. After we will calculate the factors of 98931 and 98950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98931

Prime factors of 98931 are 3, 7, 673. Prime factorization of 98931 in exponential form is:

98931 = 3¹ × 7² × 673¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98950

Prime factors of 98950 are 2, 5, 1979. Prime factorization of 98950 in exponential form is:

98950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1979¹

Step-3: Factors of 98931

List of positive integer factors of 98931 that divides 98931 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 49, 147, 673, 2019, 4711, 14133, 32977

Step-4: Factors of 98950

List of positive integer factors of 98950 that divides 98931 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1979, 3958, 9895, 19790, 49475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98931 and 98950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98931 and 98950 is 1.

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