What is the Greatest Common Factor of 86887 and 86904?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 86887 and 86904 is 17.

GCF(86887,86904) = 17

We will now calculate the prime factors of 86887 and 86904, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 86887 and 86904.

How to find the GCF of 86887 and 86904?

We will first find the prime factorization of 86887 and 86904. After we will calculate the factors of 86887 and 86904 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 86887

Prime factors of 86887 are 17, 19, 269. Prime factorization of 86887 in exponential form is:

86887 = 17¹ × 19¹ × 269¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 86904

Prime factors of 86904 are 2, 3, 17, 71. Prime factorization of 86904 in exponential form is:

86904 = 2³ × 3² × 17¹ × 71¹

Step-3: Factors of 86887

List of positive integer factors of 86887 that divides 86887 without a remainder.

1, 17, 19, 269, 323, 4573, 5111

Step-4: Factors of 86904

List of positive integer factors of 86904 that divides 86887 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 17, 18, 24, 34, 36, 51, 68, 71, 72, 102, 136, 142, 153, 204, 213, 284, 306, 408, 426, 568, 612, 639, 852, 1207, 1224, 1278, 1704, 2414, 2556, 3621, 4828, 5112, 7242, 9656, 10863, 14484, 21726, 28968, 43452

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 86887 and 86904. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 86887 and 86904 is 17.

Also check out the Least Common Multiple of 86887 and 86904