What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87979 and 87988?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87979 and 87988 is 1.

GCF(87979,87988) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87979 and 87988, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87979 and 87988.

How to find the GCF of 87979 and 87988?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87979 and 87988. After we will calculate the factors of 87979 and 87988 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87979

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

87979 = 97¹ × 907¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87988

Prime factors of 87988 are 2, 21997. Prime factorization of 87988 in exponential form is:

87988 = 2² × 21997¹

Step-3: Factors of 87979

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

1, 97, 907

Step-4: Factors of 87988

List of positive integer factors of 87988 that divides 87979 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21997, 43994

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87979 and 87988. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87979 and 87988 is 1.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 87979 and 87988