What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87209 and 87218?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87209 and 87218 is 1.

GCF(87209,87218) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87209 and 87218, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87209 and 87218.

How to find the GCF of 87209 and 87218?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87209 and 87218. After we will calculate the factors of 87209 and 87218 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87209

Prime factors of 87209 are 37, 2357. Prime factorization of 87209 in exponential form is:

87209 = 37¹ × 2357¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87218

Prime factors of 87218 are 2, 43609. Prime factorization of 87218 in exponential form is:

87218 = 2¹ × 43609¹

Step-3: Factors of 87209

List of positive integer factors of 87209 that divides 87209 without a remainder.

1, 37, 2357

Step-4: Factors of 87218

List of positive integer factors of 87218 that divides 87209 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43609

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87209 and 87218. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87209 and 87218 is 1.

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