What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87844 and 87850?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87844 and 87850 is 2.

GCF(87844,87850) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87844 and 87850, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87844 and 87850.

How to find the GCF of 87844 and 87850?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87844 and 87850. After we will calculate the factors of 87844 and 87850 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87844

Prime factors of 87844 are 2, 21961. Prime factorization of 87844 in exponential form is:

87844 = 2² × 21961¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87850

Prime factors of 87850 are 2, 5, 7, 251. Prime factorization of 87850 in exponential form is:

87850 = 2¹ × 5² × 7¹ × 251¹

Step-3: Factors of 87844

List of positive integer factors of 87844 that divides 87844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21961, 43922

Step-4: Factors of 87850

List of positive integer factors of 87850 that divides 87844 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 7, 10, 14, 25, 35, 50, 70, 175, 251, 350, 502, 1255, 1757, 2510, 3514, 6275, 8785, 12550, 17570, 43925

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87844 and 87850. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87844 and 87850 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87844 and 87850