What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87050 and 87062?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87050 and 87062 is 2.

GCF(87050,87062) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87050 and 87062, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87050 and 87062.

How to find the GCF of 87050 and 87062?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87050 and 87062. After we will calculate the factors of 87050 and 87062 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87050

Prime factors of 87050 are 2, 5, 1741. Prime factorization of 87050 in exponential form is:

87050 = 2¹ × 5² × 1741¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87062

Prime factors of 87062 are 2, 101, 431. Prime factorization of 87062 in exponential form is:

87062 = 2¹ × 101¹ × 431¹

Step-3: Factors of 87050

List of positive integer factors of 87050 that divides 87050 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1741, 3482, 8705, 17410, 43525

Step-4: Factors of 87062

List of positive integer factors of 87062 that divides 87050 without a remainder.

1, 2, 101, 202, 431, 862, 43531

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87050 and 87062. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87050 and 87062 is 2.

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