What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88486 and 88496?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88486 and 88496 is 2.

GCF(88486,88496) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88486 and 88496, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88486 and 88496.

How to find the GCF of 88486 and 88496?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88486 and 88496. After we will calculate the factors of 88486 and 88496 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88486

Prime factors of 88486 are 2, 151, 293. Prime factorization of 88486 in exponential form is:

88486 = 2¹ × 151¹ × 293¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88496

Prime factors of 88496 are 2, 5531. Prime factorization of 88496 in exponential form is:

88496 = 2⁴ × 5531¹

Step-3: Factors of 88486

List of positive integer factors of 88486 that divides 88486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 151, 293, 302, 586, 44243

Step-4: Factors of 88496

List of positive integer factors of 88496 that divides 88486 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 5531, 11062, 22124, 44248

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88486 and 88496. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88486 and 88496 is 2.

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