What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87034 and 87042?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87034 and 87042 is 2.

GCF(87034,87042) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87034 and 87042, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87034 and 87042.

How to find the GCF of 87034 and 87042?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87034 and 87042. After we will calculate the factors of 87034 and 87042 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87034

Prime factors of 87034 are 2, 43517. Prime factorization of 87034 in exponential form is:

87034 = 2¹ × 43517¹

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 87034

List of positive integer factors of 87034 that divides 87034 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43517

Step-4: Factors of 87042

List of positive integer factors of 87042 that divides 87034 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 87034 and 87042. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87034 and 87042 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87034 and 87042