What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87758 and 87778?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87758 and 87778 is 2.

GCF(87758,87778) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87758 and 87778, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87758 and 87778.

How to find the GCF of 87758 and 87778?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87758 and 87778. After we will calculate the factors of 87758 and 87778 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87758

Prime factors of 87758 are 2, 11, 3989. Prime factorization of 87758 in exponential form is:

87758 = 2¹ × 11¹ × 3989¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87778

Prime factors of 87778 are 2, 43889. Prime factorization of 87778 in exponential form is:

87778 = 2¹ × 43889¹

Step-3: Factors of 87758

List of positive integer factors of 87758 that divides 87758 without a remainder.

1, 2, 11, 22, 3989, 7978, 43879

Step-4: Factors of 87778

List of positive integer factors of 87778 that divides 87758 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43889

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87758 and 87778. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87758 and 87778 is 2.

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