What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86972 and 86992?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86972 and 86992 is 4.

GCF(86972,86992) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86972 and 86992, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86972 and 86992.

How to find the GCF of 86972 and 86992?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86972 and 86992. After we will calculate the factors of 86972 and 86992 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 86992

Prime factors of 86992 are 2, 5437. Prime factorization of 86992 in exponential form is:

86992 = 2⁴ × 5437¹

Step-3: Factors of 86972

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 86992

List of positive integer factors of 86992 that divides 86972 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 5437, 10874, 21748, 43496

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86972 and 86992. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86972 and 86992 is 4.

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