What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88851 and 88857?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88851 and 88857 is 3.

GCF(88851,88857) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88851 and 88857, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88851 and 88857.

How to find the GCF of 88851 and 88857?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88851 and 88857. After we will calculate the factors of 88851 and 88857 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88851

Prime factors of 88851 are 3, 7, 4231. Prime factorization of 88851 in exponential form is:

88851 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 4231¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88857

Prime factors of 88857 are 3, 1097. Prime factorization of 88857 in exponential form is:

88857 = 3⁴ × 1097¹

Step-3: Factors of 88851

List of positive integer factors of 88851 that divides 88851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 4231, 12693, 29617

Step-4: Factors of 88857

List of positive integer factors of 88857 that divides 88851 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 27, 81, 1097, 3291, 9873, 29619

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88851 and 88857. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88851 and 88857 is 3.

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