What is the Greatest Common Factor of 98995 and 99001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 98995 and 99001 is 1.

GCF(98995,99001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 98995 and 99001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 98995 and 99001.

How to find the GCF of 98995 and 99001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 98995 and 99001. After we will calculate the factors of 98995 and 99001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 98995

Prime factors of 98995 are 5, 13, 1523. Prime factorization of 98995 in exponential form is:

98995 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 1523¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 99001

Prime factors of 99001 are 7, 14143. Prime factorization of 99001 in exponential form is:

99001 = 7¹ × 14143¹

Step-3: Factors of 98995

List of positive integer factors of 98995 that divides 98995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 65, 1523, 7615, 19799

Step-4: Factors of 99001

List of positive integer factors of 99001 that divides 98995 without a remainder.

1, 7, 14143

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 98995 and 99001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 98995 and 99001 is 1.

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