What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88238 and 88242?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88238 and 88242 is 2.

GCF(88238,88242) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88238 and 88242, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88238 and 88242.

How to find the GCF of 88238 and 88242?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88238 and 88242. After we will calculate the factors of 88238 and 88242 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88238

Prime factors of 88238 are 2, 44119. Prime factorization of 88238 in exponential form is:

88238 = 2¹ × 44119¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88242

Prime factors of 88242 are 2, 3, 7, 11, 191. Prime factorization of 88242 in exponential form is:

88242 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 191¹

Step-3: Factors of 88238

List of positive integer factors of 88238 that divides 88238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 44119

Step-4: Factors of 88242

List of positive integer factors of 88242 that divides 88238 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 11, 14, 21, 22, 33, 42, 66, 77, 154, 191, 231, 382, 462, 573, 1146, 1337, 2101, 2674, 4011, 4202, 6303, 8022, 12606, 14707, 29414, 44121

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88238 and 88242. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88238 and 88242 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88238 and 88242