What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87879 and 87889?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87879 and 87889 is 1.

GCF(87879,87889) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87879 and 87889, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87879 and 87889.

How to find the GCF of 87879 and 87889?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87879 and 87889. After we will calculate the factors of 87879 and 87889 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87879

Prime factors of 87879 are 3, 11, 2663. Prime factorization of 87879 in exponential form is:

87879 = 3¹ × 11¹ × 2663¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87889

Prime factors of 87889 are 179, 491. Prime factorization of 87889 in exponential form is:

87889 = 179¹ × 491¹

Step-3: Factors of 87879

List of positive integer factors of 87879 that divides 87879 without a remainder.

1, 3, 11, 33, 2663, 7989, 29293

Step-4: Factors of 87889

List of positive integer factors of 87889 that divides 87879 without a remainder.

1, 179, 491

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87879 and 87889. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87879 and 87889 is 1.

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