What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87508 and 87518?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87508 and 87518 is 2.

GCF(87508,87518) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87508 and 87518, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87508 and 87518.

How to find the GCF of 87508 and 87518?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87508 and 87518. After we will calculate the factors of 87508 and 87518 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87508

Prime factors of 87508 are 2, 131, 167. Prime factorization of 87508 in exponential form is:

87508 = 2² × 131¹ × 167¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87518

Prime factors of 87518 are 2, 43759. Prime factorization of 87518 in exponential form is:

87518 = 2¹ × 43759¹

Step-3: Factors of 87508

List of positive integer factors of 87508 that divides 87508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 131, 167, 262, 334, 524, 668, 21877, 43754

Step-4: Factors of 87518

List of positive integer factors of 87518 that divides 87508 without a remainder.

1, 2, 43759

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87508 and 87518. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87508 and 87518 is 2.

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