What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87232 and 87244?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87232 and 87244 is 4.

GCF(87232,87244) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87232 and 87244, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87232 and 87244.

How to find the GCF of 87232 and 87244?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87232 and 87244. After we will calculate the factors of 87232 and 87244 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87232

Prime factors of 87232 are 2, 29, 47. Prime factorization of 87232 in exponential form is:

87232 = 2⁶ × 29¹ × 47¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87244

Prime factors of 87244 are 2, 17, 1283. Prime factorization of 87244 in exponential form is:

87244 = 2² × 17¹ × 1283¹

Step-3: Factors of 87232

List of positive integer factors of 87232 that divides 87232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 29, 32, 47, 58, 64, 94, 116, 188, 232, 376, 464, 752, 928, 1363, 1504, 1856, 2726, 3008, 5452, 10904, 21808, 43616

Step-4: Factors of 87244

List of positive integer factors of 87244 that divides 87232 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 17, 34, 68, 1283, 2566, 5132, 21811, 43622

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87232 and 87244. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87232 and 87244 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87232 and 87244