What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87042 and 87047?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87042 and 87047 is 1.

GCF(87042,87047) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87042 and 87047, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87042 and 87047.

How to find the GCF of 87042 and 87047?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87042 and 87047. After we will calculate the factors of 87042 and 87047 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 87047

Prime factors of 87047 are 61, 1427. Prime factorization of 87047 in exponential form is:

87047 = 61¹ × 1427¹

Step-3: Factors of 87042

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 87047

List of positive integer factors of 87047 that divides 87042 without a remainder.

1, 61, 1427

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87042 and 87047. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87042 and 87047 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87042 and 87047