What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87412 and 87432?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87412 and 87432 is 4.

GCF(87412,87432) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87412 and 87432, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87412 and 87432.

How to find the GCF of 87412 and 87432?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87412 and 87432. After we will calculate the factors of 87412 and 87432 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87412

Prime factors of 87412 are 2, 13, 41. Prime factorization of 87412 in exponential form is:

87412 = 2² × 13¹ × 41²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87432

Prime factors of 87432 are 2, 3, 3643. Prime factorization of 87432 in exponential form is:

87432 = 2³ × 3¹ × 3643¹

Step-3: Factors of 87412

List of positive integer factors of 87412 that divides 87412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 13, 26, 41, 52, 82, 164, 533, 1066, 1681, 2132, 3362, 6724, 21853, 43706

Step-4: Factors of 87432

List of positive integer factors of 87432 that divides 87412 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 24, 3643, 7286, 10929, 14572, 21858, 29144, 43716

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87412 and 87432. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87412 and 87432 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87412 and 87432