What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87022 and 87042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87022 and 87042 is 2.

GCF(87022,87042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87022 and 87042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87022 and 87042.

How to find the GCF of 87022 and 87042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87022 and 87042. After we will calculate the factors of 87022 and 87042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87022

Prime factors of 87022 are 2, 13, 3347. Prime factorization of 87022 in exponential form is:

87022 = 2¹ × 13¹ × 3347¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87042

Prime factors of 87042 are 2, 3, 89, 163. Prime factorization of 87042 in exponential form is:

87042 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 89¹ × 163¹

Step-3: Factors of 87022

List of positive integer factors of 87022 that divides 87022 without a remainder.

1, 2, 13, 26, 3347, 6694, 43511

Step-4: Factors of 87042

List of positive integer factors of 87042 that divides 87022 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 89, 163, 178, 267, 326, 489, 534, 978, 14507, 29014, 43521

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87022 and 87042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87022 and 87042 is 2.

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