What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86995 and 87005?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86995 and 87005 is 5.

GCF(86995,87005) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86995 and 87005, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86995 and 87005.

How to find the GCF of 86995 and 87005?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86995 and 87005. After we will calculate the factors of 86995 and 87005 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86995

Prime factors of 86995 are 5, 127, 137. Prime factorization of 86995 in exponential form is:

86995 = 5¹ × 127¹ × 137¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87005

Prime factors of 87005 are 5, 17401. Prime factorization of 87005 in exponential form is:

87005 = 5¹ × 17401¹

Step-3: Factors of 86995

List of positive integer factors of 86995 that divides 86995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 127, 137, 635, 685, 17399

Step-4: Factors of 87005

List of positive integer factors of 87005 that divides 86995 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17401

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86995 and 87005. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86995 and 87005 is 5.

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