What is the Greatest Common Factor of 81987 and 82002?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 81987 and 82002 is 3.

GCF(81987,82002) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 81987 and 82002, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 81987 and 82002.

How to find the GCF of 81987 and 82002?

We will first find the prime factorization of 81987 and 82002. After we will calculate the factors of 81987 and 82002 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 81987

Prime factors of 81987 are 3, 27329. Prime factorization of 81987 in exponential form is:

81987 = 3¹ × 27329¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 82002

Prime factors of 82002 are 2, 3, 79, 173. Prime factorization of 82002 in exponential form is:

82002 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 79¹ × 173¹

Step-3: Factors of 81987

List of positive integer factors of 81987 that divides 81987 without a remainder.

1, 3, 27329

Step-4: Factors of 82002

List of positive integer factors of 82002 that divides 81987 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 79, 158, 173, 237, 346, 474, 519, 1038, 13667, 27334, 41001

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 81987 and 82002. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 81987 and 82002 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 81987 and 82002