What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88426 and 88436?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88426 and 88436 is 2.

GCF(88426,88436) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88426 and 88436, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88426 and 88436.

How to find the GCF of 88426 and 88436?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88426 and 88436. After we will calculate the factors of 88426 and 88436 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88426

Prime factors of 88426 are 2, 13, 19, 179. Prime factorization of 88426 in exponential form is:

88426 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 19¹ × 179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88436

Prime factors of 88436 are 2, 22109. Prime factorization of 88436 in exponential form is:

88436 = 2² × 22109¹

Step-3: Factors of 88426

List of positive integer factors of 88426 that divides 88426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 19, 26, 38, 179, 247, 358, 494, 2327, 3401, 4654, 6802, 44213

Step-4: Factors of 88436

List of positive integer factors of 88436 that divides 88426 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 22109, 44218

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88426 and 88436. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88426 and 88436 is 2.

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