What is the Greatest Common Factor of 87916 and 87931?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 87916 and 87931 is 1.

GCF(87916,87931) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 87916 and 87931, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 87916 and 87931.

How to find the GCF of 87916 and 87931?

We will first find the prime factorization of 87916 and 87931. After we will calculate the factors of 87916 and 87931 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 87916

Prime factors of 87916 are 2, 31, 709. Prime factorization of 87916 in exponential form is:

87916 = 2² × 31¹ × 709¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 87931

Prime factors of 87931 are 87931. Prime factorization of 87931 in exponential form is:

87931 = 87931¹

Step-3: Factors of 87916

List of positive integer factors of 87916 that divides 87916 without a remainder.

1, 2, 4, 31, 62, 124, 709, 1418, 2836, 21979, 43958

Step-4: Factors of 87931

List of positive integer factors of 87931 that divides 87916 without a remainder.

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 87916 and 87931. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 87916 and 87931 is 1.

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