What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88987 and 88996?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88987 and 88996 is 1.

GCF(88987,88996) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88987 and 88996, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88987 and 88996.

How to find the GCF of 88987 and 88996?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88987 and 88996. After we will calculate the factors of 88987 and 88996 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88987

Prime factors of 88987 are 23, 53, 73. Prime factorization of 88987 in exponential form is:

88987 = 23¹ × 53¹ × 73¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88996

Prime factors of 88996 are 2, 19, 1171. Prime factorization of 88996 in exponential form is:

88996 = 2² × 19¹ × 1171¹

Step-3: Factors of 88987

List of positive integer factors of 88987 that divides 88987 without a remainder.

1, 23, 53, 73, 1219, 1679, 3869

Step-4: Factors of 88996

List of positive integer factors of 88996 that divides 88987 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 19, 38, 76, 1171, 2342, 4684, 22249, 44498

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88987 and 88996. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88987 and 88996 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 88987 and 88996