What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88950 and 88955?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88950 and 88955 is 5.

GCF(88950,88955) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88950 and 88955, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88950 and 88955.

How to find the GCF of 88950 and 88955?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88950 and 88955. After we will calculate the factors of 88950 and 88955 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 88955

Prime factors of 88955 are 5, 17791. Prime factorization of 88955 in exponential form is:

88955 = 5¹ × 17791¹

Step-3: Factors of 88950

List of positive integer factors of 88950 that divides 88950 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

Step-4: Factors of 88955

List of positive integer factors of 88955 that divides 88950 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17791

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88950 and 88955. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88950 and 88955 is 5.

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