What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87742 and 87749?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87742 and 87749 is 1.

GCF(87742,87749) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87742 and 87749, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87742 and 87749.

How to find the GCF of 87742 and 87749?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87742 and 87749. After we will calculate the factors of 87742 and 87749 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87742

Prime factors of 87742 are 2, 19, 2309. Prime factorization of 87742 in exponential form is:

87742 = 2¹ × 19¹ × 2309¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87749

Prime factors of 87749 are 47, 1867. Prime factorization of 87749 in exponential form is:

87749 = 47¹ × 1867¹

Step-3: Factors of 87742

List of positive integer factors of 87742 that divides 87742 without a remainder.

1, 2, 19, 38, 2309, 4618, 43871

Step-4: Factors of 87749

List of positive integer factors of 87749 that divides 87742 without a remainder.

1, 47, 1867

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87742 and 87749. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87742 and 87749 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87742 and 87749