What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88946 and 88964?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88946 and 88964 is 2.

GCF(88946,88964) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88946 and 88964, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88946 and 88964.

How to find the GCF of 88946 and 88964?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88946 and 88964. After we will calculate the factors of 88946 and 88964 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88946

Prime factors of 88946 are 2, 11, 13, 311. Prime factorization of 88946 in exponential form is:

88946 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 13¹ × 311¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88964

Prime factors of 88964 are 2, 23, 967. Prime factorization of 88964 in exponential form is:

88964 = 2² × 23¹ × 967¹

Step-3: Factors of 88946

List of positive integer factors of 88946 that divides 88946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 13, 22, 26, 143, 286, 311, 622, 3421, 4043, 6842, 8086, 44473

Step-4: Factors of 88964

List of positive integer factors of 88964 that divides 88946 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 967, 1934, 3868, 22241, 44482

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88946 and 88964. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88946 and 88964 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88946 and 88964