What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88646 and 88652?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88646 and 88652 is 2.

GCF(88646,88652) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88646 and 88652, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88646 and 88652.

How to find the GCF of 88646 and 88652?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88646 and 88652. After we will calculate the factors of 88646 and 88652 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88646

Prime factors of 88646 are 2, 127, 349. Prime factorization of 88646 in exponential form is:

88646 = 2¹ × 127¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88652

Prime factors of 88652 are 2, 37, 599. Prime factorization of 88652 in exponential form is:

88652 = 2² × 37¹ × 599¹

Step-3: Factors of 88646

List of positive integer factors of 88646 that divides 88646 without a remainder.

1, 2, 127, 254, 349, 698, 44323

Step-4: Factors of 88652

List of positive integer factors of 88652 that divides 88646 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 37, 74, 148, 599, 1198, 2396, 22163, 44326

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88646 and 88652. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88646 and 88652 is 2.

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