What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86727 and 86742?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86727 and 86742 is 3.

GCF(86727,86742) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86727 and 86742, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86727 and 86742.

How to find the GCF of 86727 and 86742?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86727 and 86742. After we will calculate the factors of 86727 and 86742 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86727

Prime factors of 86727 are 3, 28909. Prime factorization of 86727 in exponential form is:

86727 = 3¹ × 28909¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86742

Prime factors of 86742 are 2, 3, 61, 79. Prime factorization of 86742 in exponential form is:

86742 = 2¹ × 3² × 61¹ × 79¹

Step-3: Factors of 86727

List of positive integer factors of 86727 that divides 86727 without a remainder.

1, 3, 28909

Step-4: Factors of 86742

List of positive integer factors of 86742 that divides 86727 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 18, 61, 79, 122, 158, 183, 237, 366, 474, 549, 711, 1098, 1422, 4819, 9638, 14457, 28914, 43371

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86727 and 86742. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86727 and 86742 is 3.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86727 and 86742