What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88986 and 88999?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88986 and 88999 is 1.

GCF(88986,88999) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88986 and 88999, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88986 and 88999.

How to find the GCF of 88986 and 88999?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88986 and 88999. After we will calculate the factors of 88986 and 88999 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88986

Prime factors of 88986 are 2, 3, 14831. Prime factorization of 88986 in exponential form is:

88986 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14831¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88999

Prime factors of 88999 are 61, 1459. Prime factorization of 88999 in exponential form is:

88999 = 61¹ × 1459¹

Step-3: Factors of 88986

List of positive integer factors of 88986 that divides 88986 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14831, 29662, 44493

Step-4: Factors of 88999

List of positive integer factors of 88999 that divides 88986 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1459

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88986 and 88999. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88986 and 88999 is 1.

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