What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86992 and 87001?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86992 and 87001 is 1.

GCF(86992,87001) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86992 and 87001, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86992 and 87001.

How to find the GCF of 86992 and 87001?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86992 and 87001. After we will calculate the factors of 86992 and 87001 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86992

Prime factors of 86992 are 2, 5437. Prime factorization of 86992 in exponential form is:

86992 = 2⁴ × 5437¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87001

Prime factors of 87001 are 19, 241. Prime factorization of 87001 in exponential form is:

87001 = 19² × 241¹

Step-3: Factors of 86992

List of positive integer factors of 86992 that divides 86992 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 5437, 10874, 21748, 43496

Step-4: Factors of 87001

List of positive integer factors of 87001 that divides 86992 without a remainder.

1, 19, 241, 361, 4579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86992 and 87001. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86992 and 87001 is 1.

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