What is the Greatest Common Factor of 10887 and 10896?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 10887 and 10896 is 3.

GCF(10887,10896) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 10887 and 10896, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 10887 and 10896.

How to find the GCF of 10887 and 10896?

We will first find the prime factorization of 10887 and 10896. After we will calculate the factors of 10887 and 10896 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 10887

Prime factors of 10887 are 3, 19, 191. Prime factorization of 10887 in exponential form is:

10887 = 3¹ × 19¹ × 191¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 10896

Prime factors of 10896 are 2, 3, 227. Prime factorization of 10896 in exponential form is:

10896 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 227¹

Step-3: Factors of 10887

List of positive integer factors of 10887 that divides 10887 without a remainder.

1, 3, 19, 57, 191, 573, 3629

Step-4: Factors of 10896

List of positive integer factors of 10896 that divides 10887 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 16, 24, 48, 227, 454, 681, 908, 1362, 1816, 2724, 3632, 5448

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 10887 and 10896. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 10887 and 10896 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 10887 and 10896