What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86968 and 86972?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86968 and 86972 is 4.

GCF(86968,86972) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86968 and 86972, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86968 and 86972.

How to find the GCF of 86968 and 86972?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86968 and 86972. After we will calculate the factors of 86968 and 86972 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86968

Prime factors of 86968 are 2, 7, 1553. Prime factorization of 86968 in exponential form is:

86968 = 2³ × 7¹ × 1553¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86972

Prime factors of 86972 are 2, 17, 1279. Prime factorization of 86972 in exponential form is:

86972 = 2² × 17¹ × 1279¹

Step-3: Factors of 86968

List of positive integer factors of 86968 that divides 86968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 14, 28, 56, 1553, 3106, 6212, 10871, 12424, 21742, 43484

Step-4: Factors of 86972

List of positive integer factors of 86972 that divides 86968 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 1279, 2558, 5116, 21743, 43486

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86968 and 86972. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86968 and 86972 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86968 and 86972