What is the Greatest Common Factor of 84965 and 84985?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 84965 and 84985 is 5.

GCF(84965,84985) = 5

We will now calculate the prime factors of 84965 and 84985, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 84965 and 84985.

How to find the GCF of 84965 and 84985?

We will first find the prime factorization of 84965 and 84985. After we will calculate the factors of 84965 and 84985 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 84965

Prime factors of 84965 are 5, 16993. Prime factorization of 84965 in exponential form is:

84965 = 5¹ × 16993¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 84985

Prime factors of 84985 are 5, 23, 739. Prime factorization of 84985 in exponential form is:

84985 = 5¹ × 23¹ × 739¹

Step-3: Factors of 84965

List of positive integer factors of 84965 that divides 84965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 16993

Step-4: Factors of 84985

List of positive integer factors of 84985 that divides 84965 without a remainder.

1, 5, 23, 115, 739, 3695, 16997

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 84965 and 84985. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 84965 and 84985 is 5.

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