What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88962 and 88972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88962 and 88972 is 2.

GCF(88962,88972) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88962 and 88972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88962 and 88972.

How to find the GCF of 88962 and 88972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88962 and 88972. After we will calculate the factors of 88962 and 88972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88962

Prime factors of 88962 are 2, 3, 14827. Prime factorization of 88962 in exponential form is:

88962 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88972

Prime factors of 88972 are 2, 13, 29, 59. Prime factorization of 88972 in exponential form is:

88972 = 2² × 13¹ × 29¹ × 59¹

Step-3: Factors of 88962

List of positive integer factors of 88962 that divides 88962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14827, 29654, 44481

Step-4: Factors of 88972

List of positive integer factors of 88972 that divides 88962 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 29, 52, 58, 59, 116, 118, 236, 377, 754, 767, 1508, 1534, 1711, 3068, 3422, 6844, 22243, 44486

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88962 and 88972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88962 and 88972 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88962 and 88972