What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88879 and 88886?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88879 and 88886 is 7.

GCF(88879,88886) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88879 and 88886, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88879 and 88886.

How to find the GCF of 88879 and 88886?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88879 and 88886. After we will calculate the factors of 88879 and 88886 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88879

Prime factors of 88879 are 7, 12697. Prime factorization of 88879 in exponential form is:

88879 = 7¹ × 12697¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88886

Prime factors of 88886 are 2, 7, 907. Prime factorization of 88886 in exponential form is:

88886 = 2¹ × 7² × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 88879

List of positive integer factors of 88879 that divides 88879 without a remainder.

1, 7, 12697

Step-4: Factors of 88886

List of positive integer factors of 88886 that divides 88879 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 49, 98, 907, 1814, 6349, 12698, 44443

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88879 and 88886. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88879 and 88886 is 7.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88879 and 88886