What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87524 and 87544?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87524 and 87544 is 4.

GCF(87524,87544) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87524 and 87544, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87524 and 87544.

How to find the GCF of 87524 and 87544?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87524 and 87544. After we will calculate the factors of 87524 and 87544 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 87544

Prime factors of 87544 are 2, 31, 353. Prime factorization of 87544 in exponential form is:

87544 = 2³ × 31¹ × 353¹

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 87544

List of positive integer factors of 87544 that divides 87524 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 31, 62, 124, 248, 353, 706, 1412, 2824, 10943, 21886, 43772

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87524 and 87544. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87524 and 87544 is 4.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87524 and 87544