What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87405 and 87411?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87405 and 87411 is 3.

GCF(87405,87411) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87405 and 87411, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87405 and 87411.

How to find the GCF of 87405 and 87411?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87405 and 87411. After we will calculate the factors of 87405 and 87411 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87405

Prime factors of 87405 are 3, 5, 5827. Prime factorization of 87405 in exponential form is:

87405 = 3¹ × 5¹ × 5827¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87411

Prime factors of 87411 are 3, 29137. Prime factorization of 87411 in exponential form is:

87411 = 3¹ × 29137¹

Step-3: Factors of 87405

List of positive integer factors of 87405 that divides 87405 without a remainder.

1, 3, 5, 15, 5827, 17481, 29135

Step-4: Factors of 87411

List of positive integer factors of 87411 that divides 87405 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29137

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87405 and 87411. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87405 and 87411 is 3.

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