What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87542 and 87549?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87542 and 87549 is 7.

GCF(87542,87549) = 7

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87542 and 87549, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87542 and 87549.

How to find the GCF of 87542 and 87549?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87542 and 87549. After we will calculate the factors of 87542 and 87549 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 87549

Prime factors of 87549 are 3, 7, 11, 379. Prime factorization of 87549 in exponential form is:

87549 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 379¹

Step-3: Factors of 87542

List of positive integer factors of 87542 that divides 87542 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

Step-4: Factors of 87549

List of positive integer factors of 87549 that divides 87542 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 33, 77, 231, 379, 1137, 2653, 4169, 7959, 12507, 29183

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87542 and 87549. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87542 and 87549 is 7.

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