What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87279 and 87297?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87279 and 87297 is 3.

GCF(87279,87297) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87279 and 87297, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87279 and 87297.

How to find the GCF of 87279 and 87297?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87279 and 87297. After we will calculate the factors of 87279 and 87297 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87279

Prime factors of 87279 are 3, 47, 619. Prime factorization of 87279 in exponential form is:

87279 = 3¹ × 47¹ × 619¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87297

Prime factors of 87297 are 3, 7, 4157. Prime factorization of 87297 in exponential form is:

87297 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 4157¹

Step-3: Factors of 87279

List of positive integer factors of 87279 that divides 87279 without a remainder.

1, 3, 47, 141, 619, 1857, 29093

Step-4: Factors of 87297

List of positive integer factors of 87297 that divides 87279 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 4157, 12471, 29099

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87279 and 87297. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87279 and 87297 is 3.

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