What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88678 and 88686?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88678 and 88686 is 2.

GCF(88678,88686) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88678 and 88686, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88678 and 88686.

How to find the GCF of 88678 and 88686?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88678 and 88686. After we will calculate the factors of 88678 and 88686 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88678

Prime factors of 88678 are 2, 101, 439. Prime factorization of 88678 in exponential form is:

88678 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 439¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88686

Prime factors of 88686 are 2, 3, 13, 379. Prime factorization of 88686 in exponential form is:

88686 = 2¹ × 3² × 13¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 88678

List of positive integer factors of 88678 that divides 88678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 439, 878, 44339

Step-4: Factors of 88686

List of positive integer factors of 88686 that divides 88678 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 13, 18, 26, 39, 78, 117, 234, 379, 758, 1137, 2274, 3411, 4927, 6822, 9854, 14781, 29562, 44343

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88678 and 88686. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88678 and 88686 is 2.

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