What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87875 and 87895?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87875 and 87895 is 5.

GCF(87875,87895) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87875 and 87895, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87875 and 87895.

How to find the GCF of 87875 and 87895?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87875 and 87895. After we will calculate the factors of 87875 and 87895 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87875

Prime factors of 87875 are 5, 19, 37. Prime factorization of 87875 in exponential form is:

87875 = 5³ × 19¹ × 37¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87895

Prime factors of 87895 are 5, 17579. Prime factorization of 87895 in exponential form is:

87895 = 5¹ × 17579¹

Step-3: Factors of 87875

List of positive integer factors of 87875 that divides 87875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 19, 25, 37, 95, 125, 185, 475, 703, 925, 2375, 3515, 4625, 17575

Step-4: Factors of 87895

List of positive integer factors of 87895 that divides 87875 without a remainder.

1, 5, 17579

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87875 and 87895. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87875 and 87895 is 5.

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