What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87950 and 87956?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87950 and 87956 is 2.

GCF(87950,87956) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87950 and 87956, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87950 and 87956.

How to find the GCF of 87950 and 87956?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87950 and 87956. After we will calculate the factors of 87950 and 87956 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87950

Prime factors of 87950 are 2, 5, 1759. Prime factorization of 87950 in exponential form is:

87950 = 2¹ × 5² × 1759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87956

Prime factors of 87956 are 2, 11, 1999. Prime factorization of 87956 in exponential form is:

87956 = 2² × 11¹ × 1999¹

Step-3: Factors of 87950

List of positive integer factors of 87950 that divides 87950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 5, 10, 25, 50, 1759, 3518, 8795, 17590, 43975

Step-4: Factors of 87956

List of positive integer factors of 87956 that divides 87950 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 11, 22, 44, 1999, 3998, 7996, 21989, 43978

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87950 and 87956. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87950 and 87956 is 2.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87950 and 87956