What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88722 and 88728?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88722 and 88728 is 6.

GCF(88722,88728) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88722 and 88728, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88722 and 88728.

How to find the GCF of 88722 and 88728?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88722 and 88728. After we will calculate the factors of 88722 and 88728 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88722

Prime factors of 88722 are 2, 3, 31, 53. Prime factorization of 88722 in exponential form is:

88722 = 2¹ × 3³ × 31¹ × 53¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88728

Prime factors of 88728 are 2, 3, 3697. Prime factorization of 88728 in exponential form is:

88728 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3697¹

Step-3: Factors of 88722

List of positive integer factors of 88722 that divides 88722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 31, 53, 54, 62, 93, 106, 159, 186, 279, 318, 477, 558, 837, 954, 1431, 1643, 1674, 2862, 3286, 4929, 9858, 14787, 29574, 44361

Step-4: Factors of 88728

List of positive integer factors of 88728 that divides 88722 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3697, 7394, 11091, 14788, 22182, 29576, 44364

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88722 and 88728. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88722 and 88728 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88722 and 88728