What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86728 and 86736?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86728 and 86736 is 8.

GCF(86728,86736) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86728 and 86736, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86728 and 86736.

How to find the GCF of 86728 and 86736?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86728 and 86736. After we will calculate the factors of 86728 and 86736 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86728

Prime factors of 86728 are 2, 37, 293. Prime factorization of 86728 in exponential form is:

86728 = 2³ × 37¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86736

Prime factors of 86736 are 2, 3, 13, 139. Prime factorization of 86736 in exponential form is:

86736 = 2⁴ × 3¹ × 13¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 86728

List of positive integer factors of 86728 that divides 86728 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 37, 74, 148, 293, 296, 586, 1172, 2344, 10841, 21682, 43364

Step-4: Factors of 86736

List of positive integer factors of 86736 that divides 86728 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 16, 24, 26, 39, 48, 52, 78, 104, 139, 156, 208, 278, 312, 417, 556, 624, 834, 1112, 1668, 1807, 2224, 3336, 3614, 5421, 6672, 7228, 10842, 14456, 21684, 28912, 43368

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86728 and 86736. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86728 and 86736 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86728 and 86736