What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87524 and 87528?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87524 and 87528 is 4.

GCF(87524,87528) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87524 and 87528, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87524 and 87528.

How to find the GCF of 87524 and 87528?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87524 and 87528. After we will calculate the factors of 87524 and 87528 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87524

Prime factors of 87524 are 2, 21881. Prime factorization of 87524 in exponential form is:

87524 = 2² × 21881¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87528

Prime factors of 87528 are 2, 3, 7, 521. Prime factorization of 87528 in exponential form is:

87528 = 2³ × 3¹ × 7¹ × 521¹

Step-3: Factors of 87524

List of positive integer factors of 87524 that divides 87524 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21881, 43762

Step-4: Factors of 87528

List of positive integer factors of 87528 that divides 87524 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12, 14, 21, 24, 28, 42, 56, 84, 168, 521, 1042, 1563, 2084, 3126, 3647, 4168, 6252, 7294, 10941, 12504, 14588, 21882, 29176, 43764

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87524 and 87528. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87524 and 87528 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87524 and 87528