What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87203 and 87222?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87203 and 87222 is 1.

GCF(87203,87222) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87203 and 87222, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87203 and 87222.

How to find the GCF of 87203 and 87222?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87203 and 87222. After we will calculate the factors of 87203 and 87222 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87203

Prime factors of 87203 are 29, 31, 97. Prime factorization of 87203 in exponential form is:

87203 = 29¹ × 31¹ × 97¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87222

Prime factors of 87222 are 2, 3, 14537. Prime factorization of 87222 in exponential form is:

87222 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 14537¹

Step-3: Factors of 87203

List of positive integer factors of 87203 that divides 87203 without a remainder.

1, 29, 31, 97, 899, 2813, 3007

Step-4: Factors of 87222

List of positive integer factors of 87222 that divides 87203 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 14537, 29074, 43611

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87203 and 87222. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87203 and 87222 is 1.

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