What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88604 and 88612?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88604 and 88612 is 4.

GCF(88604,88612) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88604 and 88612, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88604 and 88612.

How to find the GCF of 88604 and 88612?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88604 and 88612. After we will calculate the factors of 88604 and 88612 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88604

Prime factors of 88604 are 2, 17, 1303. Prime factorization of 88604 in exponential form is:

88604 = 2² × 17¹ × 1303¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88612

Prime factors of 88612 are 2, 22153. Prime factorization of 88612 in exponential form is:

88612 = 2² × 22153¹

Step-3: Factors of 88604

List of positive integer factors of 88604 that divides 88604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 1303, 2606, 5212, 22151, 44302

Step-4: Factors of 88612

List of positive integer factors of 88612 that divides 88604 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 22153, 44306

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88604 and 88612. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88604 and 88612 is 4.

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