What is the Greatest Common Factor of 99983 and 99988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 99983 and 99988 is 1.

GCF(99983,99988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 99983 and 99988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 99983 and 99988.

How to find the GCF of 99983 and 99988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 99983 and 99988. After we will calculate the factors of 99983 and 99988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 99983

Prime factors of 99983 are 13, 7691. Prime factorization of 99983 in exponential form is:

99983 = 13¹ × 7691¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 99988

Prime factors of 99988 are 2, 7, 3571. Prime factorization of 99988 in exponential form is:

99988 = 2² × 7¹ × 3571¹

Step-3: Factors of 99983

List of positive integer factors of 99983 that divides 99983 without a remainder.

1, 13, 7691

Step-4: Factors of 99988

List of positive integer factors of 99988 that divides 99983 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 14, 28, 3571, 7142, 14284, 24997, 49994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 99983 and 99988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 99983 and 99988 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 99983 and 99988