What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87955 and 87971?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87955 and 87971 is 1.

GCF(87955,87971) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87955 and 87971, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87955 and 87971.

How to find the GCF of 87955 and 87971?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87955 and 87971. After we will calculate the factors of 87955 and 87971 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87955

Prime factors of 87955 are 5, 7, 359. Prime factorization of 87955 in exponential form is:

87955 = 5¹ × 7² × 359¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87971

Prime factors of 87971 are 13, 67, 101. Prime factorization of 87971 in exponential form is:

87971 = 13¹ × 67¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 87955

List of positive integer factors of 87955 that divides 87955 without a remainder.

1, 5, 7, 35, 49, 245, 359, 1795, 2513, 12565, 17591

Step-4: Factors of 87971

List of positive integer factors of 87971 that divides 87955 without a remainder.

1, 13, 67, 101, 871, 1313, 6767

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87955 and 87971. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87955 and 87971 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87955 and 87971