What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86889 and 86898?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86889 and 86898 is 3.

GCF(86889,86898) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86889 and 86898, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86889 and 86898.

How to find the GCF of 86889 and 86898?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86889 and 86898. After we will calculate the factors of 86889 and 86898 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86889

Prime factors of 86889 are 3, 11, 2633. Prime factorization of 86889 in exponential form is:

86889 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2633¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86898

Prime factors of 86898 are 2, 3, 7, 2069. Prime factorization of 86898 in exponential form is:

86898 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 2069¹

Step-3: Factors of 86889

List of positive integer factors of 86889 that divides 86889 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2633, 7899, 28963

Step-4: Factors of 86898

List of positive integer factors of 86898 that divides 86889 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 21, 42, 2069, 4138, 6207, 12414, 14483, 28966, 43449

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86889 and 86898. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86889 and 86898 is 3.

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