What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87747 and 87762?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87747 and 87762 is 3.

GCF(87747,87762) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87747 and 87762, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87747 and 87762.

How to find the GCF of 87747 and 87762?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87747 and 87762. After we will calculate the factors of 87747 and 87762 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87747

Prime factors of 87747 are 3, 11, 2659. Prime factorization of 87747 in exponential form is:

87747 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2659¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87762

Prime factors of 87762 are 2, 3, 14627. Prime factorization of 87762 in exponential form is:

87762 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14627¹

Step-3: Factors of 87747

List of positive integer factors of 87747 that divides 87747 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2659, 7977, 29249

Step-4: Factors of 87762

List of positive integer factors of 87762 that divides 87747 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14627, 29254, 43881

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87747 and 87762. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87747 and 87762 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87747 and 87762