What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88959 and 88979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88959 and 88979 is 1.

GCF(88959,88979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88959 and 88979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88959 and 88979.

How to find the GCF of 88959 and 88979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88959 and 88979. After we will calculate the factors of 88959 and 88979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88959

Prime factors of 88959 are 3, 13, 2281. Prime factorization of 88959 in exponential form is:

88959 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 2281¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88979

Prime factors of 88979 are 11, 8089. Prime factorization of 88979 in exponential form is:

88979 = 11¹ × 8089¹

Step-3: Factors of 88959

List of positive integer factors of 88959 that divides 88959 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 2281, 6843, 29653

Step-4: Factors of 88979

List of positive integer factors of 88979 that divides 88959 without a remainder.

1, 11, 8089

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88959 and 88979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88959 and 88979 is 1.

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