What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87311 and 87331?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87311 and 87331 is 1.

GCF(87311,87331) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87311 and 87331, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87311 and 87331.

How to find the GCF of 87311 and 87331?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87311 and 87331. After we will calculate the factors of 87311 and 87331 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87311

Prime factors of 87311 are 7, 12473. Prime factorization of 87311 in exponential form is:

87311 = 7¹ × 12473¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87331

Prime factors of 87331 are 23, 3797. Prime factorization of 87331 in exponential form is:

87331 = 23¹ × 3797¹

Step-3: Factors of 87311

List of positive integer factors of 87311 that divides 87311 without a remainder.

1, 7, 12473

Step-4: Factors of 87331

List of positive integer factors of 87331 that divides 87311 without a remainder.

1, 23, 3797

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87311 and 87331. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87311 and 87331 is 1.

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