What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98982 and 98987?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98982 and 98987 is 1.

GCF(98982,98987) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98982 and 98987, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98982 and 98987.

How to find the GCF of 98982 and 98987?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98982 and 98987. After we will calculate the factors of 98982 and 98987 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98982

Prime factors of 98982 are 2, 3, 13, 47. Prime factorization of 98982 in exponential form is:

98982 = 2¹ × 3⁴ × 13¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98987

Prime factors of 98987 are 7, 79, 179. Prime factorization of 98987 in exponential form is:

98987 = 7¹ × 79¹ × 179¹

Step-3: Factors of 98982

List of positive integer factors of 98982 that divides 98982 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 27, 39, 47, 54, 78, 81, 94, 117, 141, 162, 234, 282, 351, 423, 611, 702, 846, 1053, 1222, 1269, 1833, 2106, 2538, 3666, 3807, 5499, 7614, 10998, 16497, 32994, 49491

Step-4: Factors of 98987

List of positive integer factors of 98987 that divides 98982 without a remainder.

1, 7, 79, 179, 553, 1253, 14141

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98982 and 98987. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98982 and 98987 is 1.

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