What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86642 and 86648?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86642 and 86648 is 2.

GCF(86642,86648) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86642 and 86648, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86642 and 86648.

How to find the GCF of 86642 and 86648?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86642 and 86648. After we will calculate the factors of 86642 and 86648 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86642

Prime factors of 86642 are 2, 43321. Prime factorization of 86642 in exponential form is:

86642 = 2¹ × 43321¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86648

Prime factors of 86648 are 2, 10831. Prime factorization of 86648 in exponential form is:

86648 = 2³ × 10831¹

Step-3: Factors of 86642

List of positive integer factors of 86642 that divides 86642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43321

Step-4: Factors of 86648

List of positive integer factors of 86648 that divides 86642 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 10831, 21662, 43324

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86642 and 86648. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86642 and 86648 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86642 and 86648