What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86908 and 86916?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86908 and 86916 is 4.

GCF(86908,86916) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86908 and 86916, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86908 and 86916.

How to find the GCF of 86908 and 86916?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86908 and 86916. After we will calculate the factors of 86908 and 86916 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86908

Prime factors of 86908 are 2, 21727. Prime factorization of 86908 in exponential form is:

86908 = 2² × 21727¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86916

Prime factors of 86916 are 2, 3, 7243. Prime factorization of 86916 in exponential form is:

86916 = 2² × 3¹ × 7243¹

Step-3: Factors of 86908

List of positive integer factors of 86908 that divides 86908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21727, 43454

Step-4: Factors of 86916

List of positive integer factors of 86916 that divides 86908 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 7243, 14486, 21729, 28972, 43458

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86908 and 86916. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86908 and 86916 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86908 and 86916