What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87926 and 87934?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87926 and 87934 is 2.

GCF(87926,87934) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87926 and 87934, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87926 and 87934.

How to find the GCF of 87926 and 87934?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87926 and 87934. After we will calculate the factors of 87926 and 87934 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87926

Prime factors of 87926 are 2, 43963. Prime factorization of 87926 in exponential form is:

87926 = 2¹ × 43963¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87934

Prime factors of 87934 are 2, 7, 11, 571. Prime factorization of 87934 in exponential form is:

87934 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 11¹ × 571¹

Step-3: Factors of 87926

List of positive integer factors of 87926 that divides 87926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43963

Step-4: Factors of 87934

List of positive integer factors of 87934 that divides 87926 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 11, 14, 22, 77, 154, 571, 1142, 3997, 6281, 7994, 12562, 43967

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87926 and 87934. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87926 and 87934 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87926 and 87934