What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87460 and 87470?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87460 and 87470 is 10.

GCF(87460,87470) = 10

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87460 and 87470, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87460 and 87470.

How to find the GCF of 87460 and 87470?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87460 and 87470. After we will calculate the factors of 87460 and 87470 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87460

Prime factors of 87460 are 2, 5, 4373. Prime factorization of 87460 in exponential form is:

87460 = 2² × 5¹ × 4373¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87470

Prime factors of 87470 are 2, 5, 8747. Prime factorization of 87470 in exponential form is:

87470 = 2¹ × 5¹ × 8747¹

Step-3: Factors of 87460

List of positive integer factors of 87460 that divides 87460 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 4373, 8746, 17492, 21865, 43730

Step-4: Factors of 87470

List of positive integer factors of 87470 that divides 87460 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 8747, 17494, 43735

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87460 and 87470. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87460 and 87470 is 10.

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