What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87204 and 87212?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87204 and 87212 is 4.

GCF(87204,87212) = 4

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87204 and 87212, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87204 and 87212.

How to find the GCF of 87204 and 87212?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87204 and 87212. After we will calculate the factors of 87204 and 87212 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87204

Prime factors of 87204 are 2, 3, 13, 43. Prime factorization of 87204 in exponential form is:

87204 = 2² × 3¹ × 13² × 43¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87212

Prime factors of 87212 are 2, 21803. Prime factorization of 87212 in exponential form is:

87212 = 2² × 21803¹

Step-3: Factors of 87204

List of positive integer factors of 87204 that divides 87204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 13, 26, 39, 43, 52, 78, 86, 129, 156, 169, 172, 258, 338, 507, 516, 559, 676, 1014, 1118, 1677, 2028, 2236, 3354, 6708, 7267, 14534, 21801, 29068, 43602

Step-4: Factors of 87212

List of positive integer factors of 87212 that divides 87204 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 21803, 43606

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87204 and 87212. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87204 and 87212 is 4.

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