What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87478 and 87494?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87478 and 87494 is 2.

GCF(87478,87494) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87478 and 87494, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87478 and 87494.

How to find the GCF of 87478 and 87494?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87478 and 87494. After we will calculate the factors of 87478 and 87494 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87478

Prime factors of 87478 are 2, 191, 229. Prime factorization of 87478 in exponential form is:

87478 = 2¹ × 191¹ × 229¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87494

Prime factors of 87494 are 2, 11, 41, 97. Prime factorization of 87494 in exponential form is:

87494 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 41¹ × 97¹

Step-3: Factors of 87478

List of positive integer factors of 87478 that divides 87478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 191, 229, 382, 458, 43739

Step-4: Factors of 87494

List of positive integer factors of 87494 that divides 87478 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 41, 82, 97, 194, 451, 902, 1067, 2134, 3977, 7954, 43747

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87478 and 87494. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87478 and 87494 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87478 and 87494