What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87723 and 87728?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87723 and 87728 is 1.

GCF(87723,87728) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87723 and 87728, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87723 and 87728.

How to find the GCF of 87723 and 87728?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87723 and 87728. After we will calculate the factors of 87723 and 87728 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87723

Prime factors of 87723 are 3, 19. Prime factorization of 87723 in exponential form is:

87723 = 3⁵ × 19²

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87728

Prime factors of 87728 are 2, 5483. Prime factorization of 87728 in exponential form is:

87728 = 2⁴ × 5483¹

Step-3: Factors of 87723

List of positive integer factors of 87723 that divides 87723 without a remainder.

1, 3, 9, 19, 27, 57, 81, 171, 243, 361, 513, 1083, 1539, 3249, 4617, 9747, 29241

Step-4: Factors of 87728

List of positive integer factors of 87728 that divides 87723 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 5483, 10966, 21932, 43864

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87723 and 87728. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87723 and 87728 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87723 and 87728