What is the Greatest Common Factor of 8772 and 8787?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 8772 and 8787 is 3.

GCF(8772,8787) = 3

We will now calculate the prime factors of 8772 and 8787, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 8772 and 8787.

How to find the GCF of 8772 and 8787?

We will first find the prime factorization of 8772 and 8787. After we will calculate the factors of 8772 and 8787 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 8772

Prime factors of 8772 are 2, 3, 17, 43. Prime factorization of 8772 in exponential form is:

8772 = 2² × 3¹ × 17¹ × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 8787

Prime factors of 8787 are 3, 29, 101. Prime factorization of 8787 in exponential form is:

8787 = 3¹ × 29¹ × 101¹

Step-3: Factors of 8772

List of positive integer factors of 8772 that divides 8772 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 17, 34, 43, 51, 68, 86, 102, 129, 172, 204, 258, 516, 731, 1462, 2193, 2924, 4386

Step-4: Factors of 8787

List of positive integer factors of 8787 that divides 8772 without a remainder.

1, 3, 29, 87, 101, 303, 2929

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 8772 and 8787. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 8772 and 8787 is 3.

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