What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87956 and 87962?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87956 and 87962 is 2.

GCF(87956,87962) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87956 and 87962, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87956 and 87962.

How to find the GCF of 87956 and 87962?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87956 and 87962. After we will calculate the factors of 87956 and 87962 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-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 87956

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 87962

List of positive integer factors of 87962 that divides 87956 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 87956 and 87962. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87956 and 87962 is 2.

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