What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98971 and 98981?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98971 and 98981 is 1.

GCF(98971,98981) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98971 and 98981, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98971 and 98981.

How to find the GCF of 98971 and 98981?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98971 and 98981. After we will calculate the factors of 98971 and 98981 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98971

Prime factors of 98971 are 19, 5209. Prime factorization of 98971 in exponential form is:

98971 = 19¹ × 5209¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98981

Prime factors of 98981 are 98981. Prime factorization of 98981 in exponential form is:

98981 = 98981¹

Step-3: Factors of 98971

List of positive integer factors of 98971 that divides 98971 without a remainder.

1, 19, 5209

Step-4: Factors of 98981

List of positive integer factors of 98981 that divides 98971 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98971 and 98981. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98971 and 98981 is 1.

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