What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87927 and 87944?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87927 and 87944 is 1.

GCF(87927,87944) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87927 and 87944, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87927 and 87944.

How to find the GCF of 87927 and 87944?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87927 and 87944. After we will calculate the factors of 87927 and 87944 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87927

Prime factors of 87927 are 3, 7, 53, 79. Prime factorization of 87927 in exponential form is:

87927 = 3¹ × 7¹ × 53¹ × 79¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87944

Prime factors of 87944 are 2, 10993. Prime factorization of 87944 in exponential form is:

87944 = 2³ × 10993¹

Step-3: Factors of 87927

List of positive integer factors of 87927 that divides 87927 without a remainder.

1, 3, 7, 21, 53, 79, 159, 237, 371, 553, 1113, 1659, 4187, 12561, 29309

Step-4: Factors of 87944

List of positive integer factors of 87944 that divides 87927 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 8, 10993, 21986, 43972

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87927 and 87944. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87927 and 87944 is 1.

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