What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87146 and 87157?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87146 and 87157 is 1.

GCF(87146,87157) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87146 and 87157, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87146 and 87157.

How to find the GCF of 87146 and 87157?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87146 and 87157. After we will calculate the factors of 87146 and 87157 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87146

Prime factors of 87146 are 2, 43573. Prime factorization of 87146 in exponential form is:

87146 = 2¹ × 43573¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87157

Prime factors of 87157 are 7, 12451. Prime factorization of 87157 in exponential form is:

87157 = 7¹ × 12451¹

Step-3: Factors of 87146

List of positive integer factors of 87146 that divides 87146 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43573

Step-4: Factors of 87157

List of positive integer factors of 87157 that divides 87146 without a remainder.

1, 7, 12451

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87146 and 87157. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87146 and 87157 is 1.

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