What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87789 and 87798?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87789 and 87798 is 3.

GCF(87789,87798) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87789 and 87798, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87789 and 87798.

How to find the GCF of 87789 and 87798?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87789 and 87798. After we will calculate the factors of 87789 and 87798 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87789

Prime factors of 87789 are 3, 13, 2251. Prime factorization of 87789 in exponential form is:

87789 = 3¹ × 13¹ × 2251¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87798

Prime factors of 87798 are 2, 3, 14633. Prime factorization of 87798 in exponential form is:

87798 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14633¹

Step-3: Factors of 87789

List of positive integer factors of 87789 that divides 87789 without a remainder.

1, 3, 13, 39, 2251, 6753, 29263

Step-4: Factors of 87798

List of positive integer factors of 87798 that divides 87789 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14633, 29266, 43899

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87789 and 87798. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87789 and 87798 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87789 and 87798