What is the Greatest Common Factor of 88142 and 88162?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 88142 and 88162 is 2.

GCF(88142,88162) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 88142 and 88162, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 88142 and 88162.

How to find the GCF of 88142 and 88162?

We will first find the prime factorization of 88142 and 88162. After we will calculate the factors of 88142 and 88162 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 88142

Prime factors of 88142 are 2, 44071. Prime factorization of 88142 in exponential form is:

88142 = 2¹ × 44071¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 88162

Prime factors of 88162 are 2, 17, 2593. Prime factorization of 88162 in exponential form is:

88162 = 2¹ × 17¹ × 2593¹

Step-3: Factors of 88142

List of positive integer factors of 88142 that divides 88142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 44071

Step-4: Factors of 88162

List of positive integer factors of 88162 that divides 88142 without a remainder.

1, 2, 17, 34, 2593, 5186, 44081

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 88142 and 88162. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 88142 and 88162 is 2.

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