What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98991 and 98999?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98991 and 98999 is 1.

GCF(98991,98999) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98991 and 98999, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98991 and 98999.

How to find the GCF of 98991 and 98999?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98991 and 98999. After we will calculate the factors of 98991 and 98999 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98991

Prime factors of 98991 are 3, 17, 647. Prime factorization of 98991 in exponential form is:

98991 = 3² × 17¹ × 647¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 98999

Prime factors of 98999 are 98999. Prime factorization of 98999 in exponential form is:

98999 = 98999¹

Step-3: Factors of 98991

List of positive integer factors of 98991 that divides 98991 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 17, 51, 153, 647, 1941, 5823, 10999, 32997

Step-4: Factors of 98999

List of positive integer factors of 98999 that divides 98991 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98991 and 98999. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98991 and 98999 is 1.

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