What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87962 and 87979?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87962 and 87979 is 1.

GCF(87962,87979) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87962 and 87979, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87962 and 87979.

How to find the GCF of 87962 and 87979?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87962 and 87979. After we will calculate the factors of 87962 and 87979 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: 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-2: Prime Factorization of 87979

Prime factors of 87979 are 97, 907. Prime factorization of 87979 in exponential form is:

87979 = 97¹ × 907¹

Step-3: Factors of 87962

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

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

Step-4: Factors of 87979

List of positive integer factors of 87979 that divides 87962 without a remainder.

1, 97, 907

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87962 and 87979. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87962 and 87979 is 1.

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