What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87524 and 87534?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87524 and 87534 is 2.

GCF(87524,87534) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87524 and 87534, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87524 and 87534.

How to find the GCF of 87524 and 87534?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87524 and 87534. After we will calculate the factors of 87524 and 87534 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 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 87524

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

1, 2, 4, 21881, 43762

Step-4: Factors of 87534

List of positive integer factors of 87534 that divides 87524 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 87524 and 87534. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87524 and 87534 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87524 and 87534