What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87116 and 87124?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87116 and 87124 is 4.

GCF(87116,87124) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87116 and 87124, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87116 and 87124.

How to find the GCF of 87116 and 87124?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87116 and 87124. After we will calculate the factors of 87116 and 87124 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87116

Prime factors of 87116 are 2, 29, 751. Prime factorization of 87116 in exponential form is:

87116 = 2² × 29¹ × 751¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87124

Prime factors of 87124 are 2, 23, 947. Prime factorization of 87124 in exponential form is:

87124 = 2² × 23¹ × 947¹

Step-3: Factors of 87116

List of positive integer factors of 87116 that divides 87116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 29, 58, 116, 751, 1502, 3004, 21779, 43558

Step-4: Factors of 87124

List of positive integer factors of 87124 that divides 87116 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 23, 46, 92, 947, 1894, 3788, 21781, 43562

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87116 and 87124. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87116 and 87124 is 4.

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