What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87537 and 87542?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87537 and 87542 is 1.

GCF(87537,87542) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87537 and 87542, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87537 and 87542.

How to find the GCF of 87537 and 87542?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87537 and 87542. After we will calculate the factors of 87537 and 87542 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87537

Prime factors of 87537 are 3, 29179. Prime factorization of 87537 in exponential form is:

87537 = 3¹ × 29179¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87542

Prime factors of 87542 are 2, 7, 13, 37. Prime factorization of 87542 in exponential form is:

87542 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 13² × 37¹

Step-3: Factors of 87537

List of positive integer factors of 87537 that divides 87537 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29179

Step-4: Factors of 87542

List of positive integer factors of 87542 that divides 87537 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 13, 14, 26, 37, 74, 91, 169, 182, 259, 338, 481, 518, 962, 1183, 2366, 3367, 6253, 6734, 12506, 43771

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87537 and 87542. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87537 and 87542 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87537 and 87542