What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87783 and 87801?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87783 and 87801 is 3.

GCF(87783,87801) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87783 and 87801, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87783 and 87801.

How to find the GCF of 87783 and 87801?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87783 and 87801. After we will calculate the factors of 87783 and 87801 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87783

Prime factors of 87783 are 3, 29, 1009. Prime factorization of 87783 in exponential form is:

87783 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 1009¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87801

Prime factors of 87801 are 3, 7, 37, 113. Prime factorization of 87801 in exponential form is:

87801 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 37¹ × 113¹

Step-3: Factors of 87783

List of positive integer factors of 87783 that divides 87783 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 1009, 3027, 29261

Step-4: Factors of 87801

List of positive integer factors of 87801 that divides 87783 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 37, 111, 113, 259, 339, 777, 791, 2373, 4181, 12543, 29267

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87783 and 87801. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87783 and 87801 is 3.

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