What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88978 and 88985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88978 and 88985 is 1.

GCF(88978,88985) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88978 and 88985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88978 and 88985.

How to find the GCF of 88978 and 88985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88978 and 88985. After we will calculate the factors of 88978 and 88985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88978

Prime factors of 88978 are 2, 17, 2617. Prime factorization of 88978 in exponential form is:

88978 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2617¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88985

Prime factors of 88985 are 5, 13, 37. Prime factorization of 88985 in exponential form is:

88985 = 5¹ × 13¹ × 37²

Step-3: Factors of 88978

List of positive integer factors of 88978 that divides 88978 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2617, 5234, 44489

Step-4: Factors of 88985

List of positive integer factors of 88985 that divides 88978 without a remainder.

1, 5, 13, 37, 65, 185, 481, 1369, 2405, 6845, 17797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88978 and 88985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88978 and 88985 is 1.

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