What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88421 and 88438?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88421 and 88438 is 1.

GCF(88421,88438) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88421 and 88438, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88421 and 88438.

How to find the GCF of 88421 and 88438?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88421 and 88438. After we will calculate the factors of 88421 and 88438 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88421

Prime factors of 88421 are 29, 3049. Prime factorization of 88421 in exponential form is:

88421 = 29¹ × 3049¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88438

Prime factors of 88438 are 2, 7, 6317. Prime factorization of 88438 in exponential form is:

88438 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 6317¹

Step-3: Factors of 88421

List of positive integer factors of 88421 that divides 88421 without a remainder.

1, 29, 3049

Step-4: Factors of 88438

List of positive integer factors of 88438 that divides 88421 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 6317, 12634, 44219

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88421 and 88438. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88421 and 88438 is 1.

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