What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87729 and 87748?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87729 and 87748 is 1.

GCF(87729,87748) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87729 and 87748, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87729 and 87748.

How to find the GCF of 87729 and 87748?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87729 and 87748. After we will calculate the factors of 87729 and 87748 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87729

Prime factors of 87729 are 3, 29243. Prime factorization of 87729 in exponential form is:

87729 = 3¹ × 29243¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87748

Prime factors of 87748 are 2, 21937. Prime factorization of 87748 in exponential form is:

87748 = 2² × 21937¹

Step-3: Factors of 87729

List of positive integer factors of 87729 that divides 87729 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29243

Step-4: Factors of 87748

List of positive integer factors of 87748 that divides 87729 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21937, 43874

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87729 and 87748. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87729 and 87748 is 1.

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