What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88491 and 88497?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88491 and 88497 is 3.

GCF(88491,88497) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88491 and 88497, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88491 and 88497.

How to find the GCF of 88491 and 88497?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88491 and 88497. After we will calculate the factors of 88491 and 88497 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88491

Prime factors of 88491 are 3, 13, 2269. Prime factorization of 88491 in exponential form is:

88491 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 2269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88497

Prime factors of 88497 are 3, 9833. Prime factorization of 88497 in exponential form is:

88497 = 3² × 9833¹

Step-3: Factors of 88491

List of positive integer factors of 88491 that divides 88491 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 2269, 6807, 29497

Step-4: Factors of 88497

List of positive integer factors of 88497 that divides 88491 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 9833, 29499

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88491 and 88497. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88491 and 88497 is 3.

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