Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 10734
GCF(88, 10734) = 2, Greatest common factor of 88 and 10734 is 2. Greatest Common Factor or Greatest Common Divisor of two numbers is the largest integer by which both the numbers can be divided. There are two different methods to calculate Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 10734. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 10734 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 88 and 10734.
Prime Factorization of 88 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 11 and Prime Factorization of 10734 is 1, 2, 3, 1789.
- Factorize\( (88) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 11\)
- Factorize\( (10734) = \) \(1\times 2\times 3\times 1789\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 2) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(88, 10734) = 1\times 2 = 2\).
Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 10734 by matching factors method
List of positive integers factors of 88 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 4, 8, 11, 22, 44, 88
List of positive integers factors of 10734 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 2, 3, 6, 1789, 3578, 5367, 10734
As you can see, 2 is the greatest and common number that 88 and 10734 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 88 and 10734 is 2.
\(GCF(88, 10734) = 2\).
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