What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88971 and 88983?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88971 and 88983 is 3.

GCF(88971,88983) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88971 and 88983, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88971 and 88983.

How to find the GCF of 88971 and 88983?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88971 and 88983. After we will calculate the factors of 88971 and 88983 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88971

Prime factors of 88971 are 3, 47, 631. Prime factorization of 88971 in exponential form is:

88971 = 3¹ × 47¹ × 631¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88983

Prime factors of 88983 are 3, 9887. Prime factorization of 88983 in exponential form is:

88983 = 3² × 9887¹

Step-3: Factors of 88971

List of positive integer factors of 88971 that divides 88971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 47, 141, 631, 1893, 29657

Step-4: Factors of 88983

List of positive integer factors of 88983 that divides 88971 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 9887, 29661

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88971 and 88983. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88971 and 88983 is 3.

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