What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87842 and 87848?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87842 and 87848 is 2.

GCF(87842,87848) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87842 and 87848, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87842 and 87848.

How to find the GCF of 87842 and 87848?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87842 and 87848. After we will calculate the factors of 87842 and 87848 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87842

Prime factors of 87842 are 2, 167, 263. Prime factorization of 87842 in exponential form is:

87842 = 2¹ × 167¹ × 263¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87848

Prime factors of 87848 are 2, 79, 139. Prime factorization of 87848 in exponential form is:

87848 = 2³ × 79¹ × 139¹

Step-3: Factors of 87842

List of positive integer factors of 87842 that divides 87842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 167, 263, 334, 526, 43921

Step-4: Factors of 87848

List of positive integer factors of 87848 that divides 87842 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 79, 139, 158, 278, 316, 556, 632, 1112, 10981, 21962, 43924

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87842 and 87848. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87842 and 87848 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87842 and 87848