What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98990 and 99010?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98990 and 99010 is 10.

GCF(98990,99010) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98990 and 99010, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98990 and 99010.

How to find the GCF of 98990 and 99010?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98990 and 99010. After we will calculate the factors of 98990 and 99010 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98990

Prime factors of 98990 are 2, 5, 19, 521. Prime factorization of 98990 in exponential form is:

98990 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 19¹ × 521¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 99010

Prime factors of 99010 are 2, 5, 9901. Prime factorization of 99010 in exponential form is:

99010 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 9901¹

Step-3: Factors of 98990

List of positive integer factors of 98990 that divides 98990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 19, 38, 95, 190, 521, 1042, 2605, 5210, 9899, 19798, 49495

Step-4: Factors of 99010

List of positive integer factors of 99010 that divides 98990 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 9901, 19802, 49505

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98990 and 99010. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98990 and 99010 is 10.

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