What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87512 and 87520?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87512 and 87520 is 8.

GCF(87512,87520) = 8

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87512 and 87520, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87512 and 87520.

How to find the GCF of 87512 and 87520?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87512 and 87520. After we will calculate the factors of 87512 and 87520 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87512

Prime factors of 87512 are 2, 10939. Prime factorization of 87512 in exponential form is:

87512 = 2³ × 10939¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87520

Prime factors of 87520 are 2, 5, 547. Prime factorization of 87520 in exponential form is:

87520 = 2⁵ × 5¹ × 547¹

Step-3: Factors of 87512

List of positive integer factors of 87512 that divides 87512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 10939, 21878, 43756

Step-4: Factors of 87520

List of positive integer factors of 87520 that divides 87512 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 10, 16, 20, 32, 40, 80, 160, 547, 1094, 2188, 2735, 4376, 5470, 8752, 10940, 17504, 21880, 43760

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87512 and 87520. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87512 and 87520 is 8.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87512 and 87520