What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86985 and 87000?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86985 and 87000 is 15.

GCF(86985,87000) = 15

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86985 and 87000, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86985 and 87000.

How to find the GCF of 86985 and 87000?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86985 and 87000. After we will calculate the factors of 86985 and 87000 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86985

Prime factors of 86985 are 3, 5, 1933. Prime factorization of 86985 in exponential form is:

86985 = 3² × 5¹ × 1933¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87000

Prime factors of 87000 are 2, 3, 5, 29. Prime factorization of 87000 in exponential form is:

87000 = 2³ × 3¹ × 5³ × 29¹

Step-3: Factors of 86985

List of positive integer factors of 86985 that divides 86985 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 9, 15, 45, 1933, 5799, 9665, 17397, 28995

Step-4: Factors of 87000

List of positive integer factors of 87000 that divides 86985 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, 25, 29, 30, 40, 50, 58, 60, 75, 87, 100, 116, 120, 125, 145, 150, 174, 200, 232, 250, 290, 300, 348, 375, 435, 500, 580, 600, 696, 725, 750, 870, 1000, 1160, 1450, 1500, 1740, 2175, 2900, 3000, 3480, 3625, 4350, 5800, 7250, 8700, 10875, 14500, 17400, 21750, 29000, 43500

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86985 and 87000. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86985 and 87000 is 15.

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