What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87518 and 87522?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87518 and 87522 is 2.

GCF(87518,87522) = 2

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87518 and 87522, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87518 and 87522.

How to find the GCF of 87518 and 87522?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87518 and 87522. After we will calculate the factors of 87518 and 87522 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87518

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

87518 = 2¹ × 43759¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87522

Prime factors of 87522 are 2, 3, 29, 503. Prime factorization of 87522 in exponential form is:

87522 = 2¹ × 3¹ × 29¹ × 503¹

Step-3: Factors of 87518

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

1, 2, 43759

Step-4: Factors of 87522

List of positive integer factors of 87522 that divides 87518 without a remainder.

1, 2, 3, 6, 29, 58, 87, 174, 503, 1006, 1509, 3018, 14587, 29174, 43761

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87518 and 87522. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87518 and 87522 is 2.

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