What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88542 and 88551?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88542 and 88551 is 9.

GCF(88542,88551) = 9

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88542 and 88551, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88542 and 88551.

How to find the GCF of 88542 and 88551?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88542 and 88551. After we will calculate the factors of 88542 and 88551 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88542

Prime factors of 88542 are 2, 3, 4919. Prime factorization of 88542 in exponential form is:

88542 = 2¹ × 3² × 4919¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88551

Prime factors of 88551 are 3, 9839. Prime factorization of 88551 in exponential form is:

88551 = 3² × 9839¹

Step-3: Factors of 88542

List of positive integer factors of 88542 that divides 88542 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 4919, 9838, 14757, 29514, 44271

Step-4: Factors of 88551

List of positive integer factors of 88551 that divides 88542 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 9839, 29517

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88542 and 88551. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88542 and 88551 is 9.

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