What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88945 and 88950?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88945 and 88950 is 5.

GCF(88945,88950) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88945 and 88950, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88945 and 88950.

How to find the GCF of 88945 and 88950?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88945 and 88950. After we will calculate the factors of 88945 and 88950 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88945

Prime factors of 88945 are 5, 17789. Prime factorization of 88945 in exponential form is:

88945 = 5¹ × 17789¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88950

Prime factors of 88950 are 2, 3, 5, 593. Prime factorization of 88950 in exponential form is:

88950 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 5² × 593¹

Step-3: Factors of 88945

List of positive integer factors of 88945 that divides 88945 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17789

Step-4: Factors of 88950

List of positive integer factors of 88950 that divides 88945 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 10, 15, 25, 30, 50, 75, 150, 593, 1186, 1779, 2965, 3558, 5930, 8895, 14825, 17790, 29650, 44475

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88945 and 88950. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88945 and 88950 is 5.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88945 and 88950