What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87950 and 87959?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87950 and 87959 is 1.

GCF(87950,87959) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87950 and 87959, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87950 and 87959.

How to find the GCF of 87950 and 87959?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87950 and 87959. After we will calculate the factors of 87950 and 87959 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 87959

Prime factors of 87959 are 87959. Prime factorization of 87959 in exponential form is:

87959 = 87959¹

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 87959

List of positive integer factors of 87959 that divides 87950 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87950 and 87959. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87950 and 87959 is 1.

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