Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 7601
GCF(88, 7601) = 11, Greatest common factor of 88 and 7601 is 11. 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 7601. Greatest Common Factor by prime factorization method and Greatest Common Factor by matching factors method.
Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 7601 by prime factorization method
We will first find the prime factorization of 88 and 7601.
Prime Factorization of 88 is 1, 2, 2, 2, 11 and Prime Factorization of 7601 is 1, 11, 691.
- Factorize\( (88) = \) \(1\times 2\times 2\times 2\times 11\)
- Factorize\( (7601) = \) \(1\times 11\times 691\)
Now we need to find any which are common for each number (1, 11) and multiply these numbers together.
\(GCF(88, 7601) = 1\times 11 = 11\).
Greatest Common Factor of 88 and 7601 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 7601 leaving a remainder zero is 1, 11, 691, 7601
As you can see, 11 is the greatest and common number that 88 and 7601 divides into.
So the greatest common factor 88 and 7601 is 11.
\(GCF(88, 7601) = 11\).
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