What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88451 and 88462?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88451 and 88462 is 11.

GCF(88451,88462) = 11

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88451 and 88462, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88451 and 88462.

How to find the GCF of 88451 and 88462?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88451 and 88462. After we will calculate the factors of 88451 and 88462 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88451

Prime factors of 88451 are 11, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 88451 in exponential form is:

88451 = 11² × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88462

Prime factors of 88462 are 2, 11, 4021. Prime factorization of 88462 in exponential form is:

88462 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 4021¹

Step-3: Factors of 88451

List of positive integer factors of 88451 that divides 88451 without a remainder.

1, 11, 17, 43, 121, 187, 473, 731, 2057, 5203, 8041

Step-4: Factors of 88462

List of positive integer factors of 88462 that divides 88451 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 4021, 8042, 44231

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88451 and 88462. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88451 and 88462 is 11.

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