What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87522 and 87534?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87522 and 87534 is 6.

GCF(87522,87534) = 6

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87522 and 87534, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87522 and 87534.

How to find the GCF of 87522 and 87534?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87522 and 87534. After we will calculate the factors of 87522 and 87534 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87522

Prime factors of 87522 are 2, 3, 29, 503. Prime factorization of 87522 in exponential form is:

87522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 503¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87534

Prime factors of 87534 are 2, 3, 1621. Prime factorization of 87534 in exponential form is:

87534 = 2¹ × 3³ × 1621¹

Step-3: Factors of 87522

List of positive integer factors of 87522 that divides 87522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 503, 1006, 1509, 3018, 14587, 29174, 43761

Step-4: Factors of 87534

List of positive integer factors of 87534 that divides 87522 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 27, 54, 1621, 3242, 4863, 9726, 14589, 29178, 43767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87522 and 87534. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87522 and 87534 is 6.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87522 and 87534