What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88263 and 88278?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88263 and 88278 is 3.

GCF(88263,88278) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88263 and 88278, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88263 and 88278.

How to find the GCF of 88263 and 88278?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88263 and 88278. After we will calculate the factors of 88263 and 88278 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88263

Prime factors of 88263 are 3, 7, 467. Prime factorization of 88263 in exponential form is:

88263 = 3³ × 7¹ × 467¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88278

Prime factors of 88278 are 2, 3, 14713. Prime factorization of 88278 in exponential form is:

88278 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14713¹

Step-3: Factors of 88263

List of positive integer factors of 88263 that divides 88263 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 9, 21, 27, 63, 189, 467, 1401, 3269, 4203, 9807, 12609, 29421

Step-4: Factors of 88278

List of positive integer factors of 88278 that divides 88263 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14713, 29426, 44139

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88263 and 88278. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88263 and 88278 is 3.

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