What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87948 and 87962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87948 and 87962 is 14.

GCF(87948,87962) = 14

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87948 and 87962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87948 and 87962.

How to find the GCF of 87948 and 87962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87948 and 87962. After we will calculate the factors of 87948 and 87962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87948

Prime factors of 87948 are 2, 3, 7, 349. Prime factorization of 87948 in exponential form is:

87948 = 2² × 3² × 7¹ × 349¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87962

Prime factors of 87962 are 2, 7, 61, 103. Prime factorization of 87962 in exponential form is:

87962 = 2¹ × 7¹ × 61¹ × 103¹

Step-3: Factors of 87948

List of positive integer factors of 87948 that divides 87948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 14, 18, 21, 28, 36, 42, 63, 84, 126, 252, 349, 698, 1047, 1396, 2094, 2443, 3141, 4188, 4886, 6282, 7329, 9772, 12564, 14658, 21987, 29316, 43974

Step-4: Factors of 87962

List of positive integer factors of 87962 that divides 87948 without a remainder.

1, 2, 7, 14, 61, 103, 122, 206, 427, 721, 854, 1442, 6283, 12566, 43981

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87948 and 87962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87948 and 87962 is 14.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87948 and 87962